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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9194-4David Hume; Plato; empiricism; human knowledge; metaphysics; scepticismcustody 发表于 2025-3-23 15:16:19
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Statement of the Problem,The polemic of classical empiricists against scholastic and rationalistic metaphysics was an endeavor to prove that the only avenue to the kingdom of knowledge is sensory experience. This general conviction has been expressed in a variety of ways up to the present time.红肿 发表于 2025-3-23 22:56:29
The Principle of Meaning,Hume in his philosophical writings held that the philosopher and the vulgar often entertain opinions which are in principle unverifiable; and a large part of what is called “metaphysics” consists of such opinions, the truth or falsehood of which, in principle, cannot be ascertained.enflame 发表于 2025-3-24 03:37:29
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Introduction,d, in principle, by either appeal to matters of fact, via scientific procedure, or by appeal to some sets of natural or conventional standards, whether linguistic, mathematical, aesthetic or political. This belief itself is a consequent of an old apprehension that all synthetic knowledge is based onCLAM 发表于 2025-3-24 13:36:45
,Evaluation of Hume’s Principle,e use which Hume makes of it as a criterion of meaning. To do the latter task completely, we must give a full account of Hume’s theory of knowledge. We have to see, for example, given the principle, how successful is Hume’s treatment of the nature of space, time, abstract ideas, etc. However, we areMumble 发表于 2025-3-24 15:07:37
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Summary and Conclusion,e we provided a historical setting by a brief review of the central theses of empiricism, which were promulgated, though in different language, by Locke, Berkeley and Hume — namely the conviction that all knowledge is based on experience. We found that to establish this general conviction the empiri