An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, credited to David Hume, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, by David Hume. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a shortened and simplified version of Hume's masterpiece A Treatise of Human Nature. It sought to reach a wider audience, and to dispel some of the virulent criticism addressed toward the former book. In it, Hume explains his theory of epistemology, and argues against other current theories, including those of John Locke, George Berkeley, and Nicolas Malebranche. (Summary by Kirsten Ferreri)

Recording facts

• Recording title: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
• Author credits: David Hume
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 19
• Listed recording duration: 5:54:04

Catalogue topics

• hume
• philosophy
• non-fiction

Track guide

1. 01 - Of the Different Species of Philosophy — 24:32
2. 02 - On the Origin of Ideas — 13:05
3. 03 - Of the Association of Ideas — 5:17
4. 04 - Sceptical Doubts Concerning the Operations of the Understanding, Pt. 1 — 15:27
5. 05 - Sceptical Doubts Concerning the Operations of the Understanding, Pt. 2 — 18:35
6. 06 - Sceptical Solution of These Doubts, Pt. 1 — 15:28
7. 07 - Sceptical Solution of These Doubts, Pt. 2 — 20:18
8. 08 - Of Probability — 7:22
9. 09 - Of the Idea of Necessary Connexion, Pt. 1 — 26:34
10. 10 - Of The Idea of Necessary Connexion, Pt. 2 — 11:28
11. 11 - Of Liberty and Necessity, Pt. 1 — 34:16
12. 12 - Of Liberty and Necessity, Pt. 2 — 15:48
13. 13 - Of the Reason of Animals — 12:12
14. 14 - Of Miracles, Pt. 1 — 17:33
15. 15 - Of Miracles, Pt. 2 — 38:43
16. 16 - Of A Particular Providence and of a Future State — 35:43
17. 17 - Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosopy, Pt. 1 — 16:47
18. 18 - Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosophy, Pt. 2 — 13:13
19. 19 - Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosophy, Pt. 3 — 11:55

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