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...Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme.” (Philosophy...

Author: By Donald Carswell, DONALD CARSWELL | Title: Beating the System | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

...check the operation of a vague generality 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 essay with, “David Hume, the great Scottish philosopher, brought empiricism to its logical extreme. If these be the spirit of the age in which he lived, then he was representative...

Author: By Donald Carswell, DONALD CARSWELL | Title: Beating the System | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

This generality expert has already taken his position for the essay. Actually he has not the vaguest idea of what Hume really said, or in fact what he said it in, or in fact if he ever said anything at all. But by never bothering to define empiricism, he may write indefinitely on the issue, virtually without contradiction...

Author: By Donald Carswell, DONALD CARSWELL | Title: Beating the System | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

...artful equivocation is an almost impossible concept to explain, but it is easy to demonstrate. Let us begin with the question, “Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived...

Author: By Donald Carswell, DONALD CARSWELL | Title: Beating the System | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

...equivocator would answer it in this way: “Some people believe that David Hume was not necessarily a great philosopher because his thought was merely a reflection of the conditions around him, colored by his own personality...

Author: By Donald Carswell, DONALD CARSWELL | Title: Beating the System | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

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