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- In Book X of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, ‘Of Miracles’ (72–90), the 18th-century Scottish philosopher David Hume answers the semantic and epistemological questions, and some would say, presupposes an answer to the metaphysical question.
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Mar 21, 2018 · Hume’s argument is one of the most famous in philosophy. A number of philosophers have attempted solutions to the problem, but a significant number have embraced his conclusion that it is insoluble. There is also a wide spectrum of opinion on the significance of the problem.
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Feb 26, 2001 · Today, philosophers recognize Hume as a thoroughgoing exponent of philosophical naturalism, as a precursor of contemporary cognitive science, and as the inspiration for several of the most significant types of ethical theory developed in contemporary moral philosophy. 1. Life and Works. 2.
Feb 26, 2001 · In choosing to restrict his discussion of questions about the nature of human nature in terms of perceptions, Hume is answering what he takes to be empirical questions in the only coherent way that they can be answered.
Somewhat surprisingly, Hume has been accused of making metaphysical claims. The old interpretation of Hume, known as ‘Old Hume’, states that Hume claimed that we should not believe in any causal powers (see Popkin, The High Road to Pyrrhonism, 1980), or even more extreme, that Hume was stating that there are no causal powers.
Jun 14, 2007 · Philosophers continue to debate about David Hume's case against the rationality of belief in miracles. This article clarifies semantic, epistemological, and metaphysical questions addressed in the controversy. It also explains the main premises of Hume's argument and discusses criticisms of them.
- James E. Taylor
- 14 June 2007
- 2
- 2, Issue4
David Hume: Imagination. David Hume (1711–1776) approaches questions in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics and aesthetics via questions about our minds.
Analysis. This final section gives us a particularly clear understanding of Hume's relationship with naturalism and skepticism. While Hume concedes that certain irrefutable skeptical doubts can cast our reasoning into grave danger, our natural instincts should ultimately bail us out.
