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Book Ends: Philosophy Book Discussion Group In-Person
The philosophy reading group meets bi-monthly and is a self guided discussion group led by Mr. Robert Brantl, Esq. The group is dedicated to the great philosophers of the past and present. Often titles selected are obscure and must be purchased by group participants. Copies of books or articles may be obtained online or sometimes through the Westchester Library System ILL service with local universities. A single work is discussed over several months. New members please register online.
NOTE: Due to the February snow delay: The group will be finishing Aristotle's work with a discussion of his work, Lambda and will begin Hume's work on March 26th instead.
Title: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by, David Hume
A pdf copy is available online to download for free. A copy of the Project Gutenberg ebook is also available.
A hard copy of the book is available for extended checkout at the circulation desk.
Hume, (born May 7 [April 26, Old Style], 1711, Edinburgh, Scotland—died August 25, 1776, Edinburgh), Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist known especially for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism.
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is an attempt to define the principles of human knowledge. It poses in logical form significant questions about the nature of reasoning in regard to matters of fact and experience, and it answers them by recourse to the principle of association. The basis of Hume’s exposition is a twofold classification of objects of awareness. In the first place, all such objects are either “impressions,” data of sensation or of internal consciousness, or “ideas,” derived from such data by compounding, transposing, augmenting, or diminishing. In the second place, there are two approaches to construing meaning: an analytical one, which concentrates on the “relations of ideas,” and an empirical one, which focuses on “matters of fact.” - Britannica .com
- Date:
- Tuesday, March 12, 2019
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
- Time:
- 10:00am - 12:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Small Conference Room
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Event Organizer
Christa O'Sullivan