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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...check the operation of a vague generaliy under fire, take the typical example, "Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme." The question is asked. "Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived?" Our hero replies by opening his essays with "David Hume, the great Scottish philosopher, brought empiricism to its logical extreme. If this be the spirit of the age in which he lived than he was representative of it." This generality expert has already taken his position for the essay. Actually he has not the vaguest idea of what Hume really...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 1/9/1985 | See Source »

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