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1 day ago · David Hume (1711–1776) made various contributions to metaphysics, including the regularity theory of causation and the idea that there are no necessary connections between distinct entities. At the same time, his empiricist outlook led him to formulate a stark criticism of metaphysical theories that aim to arrive at ultimate ...
2 days ago · Hume's theory of nature, as well as his account of morality, can be seen by critics of Hume as a form of moral relativism, meaning that our moral judgments are related to the differing subjective beliefs of individuals or cultures.
1 day ago · David Hume famously argued that you cannot derive an "ought" (a moral statement) from an "is" (a factual statement), this idea is sometimes named ‘Hume’s Law' or ‘Hume’s Guillotine’. This presents a fundamental challenge in ethics, suggesting that moral facts, if they exist, are distinct from descriptive facts.
2 days ago · David Hume, after a relentless analysis of the mind, concluded that consciousness consists of fleeting mental states. Hume's Bundle theory is a very similar concept to the Buddhist skandhas, though his skepticism about causation leads him to opposite conclusions in other areas.
1 day ago · Other theories hold that human rights codify moral behavior which is a human social product developed by a process of biological and social evolution (associated with David Hume). Human rights are also described as a sociological pattern of rule setting (as in the sociological theory of law and the work of Max Weber ).
David Hume's Epistemology. 5.0 (1 review) Hume creating a science of human nature (psychology) Click the card to flip 👆. 1. It's not enough to tell us what we can know. 2. Also important to tell us why we live the way we do, which is radically different from what philosophy suggests. 3. Hume wants to provide a thorough refutation of rationalism.
2 days ago · Theories of probability connect the mathematics of probability to the real world. As you might expect, bridging mathematics to reality is not so easy—the philosophical problems are deep, and it is hard to be consistent without being circular. We shall examine three theories of probability.
