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91A Critique of Hume’s Account of Personal Identity
There is a commonly held belief that there is such a thing as a ‘self’ that persists throughout one’s life. To say there is a ‘self’ that persists throughout one’s life is simply to say that there is something about a person (call it a...
10 comments86David Hume's Association of Ideas
It can readily be noted that in most instances our thoughts flow smoothly from one to another with some degree of coherence. That is, our thoughts and ideas are not merely random and nonsensical, but that there is some unifying connection...
1 comment72Hume’s “Of a Particular Providence and of a Future State
In Section 11 of A Particular Providence and of a Future State, Hume advances several objections against what can be inferred about the cause of the universe. There are two important theses put forth,...
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