Single Idea 4770

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value]

Full Idea

Nothing is more usual than to apply to external bodies every internal sensation which they occasion.

Gist of Idea

Nothing is more usual than to apply to external bodies every internal sensation which they occasion

Source

Stathis Psillos (Causation and Explanation [2002], §1.8)

Book Reference

Psillos,Stathis: 'Causation and Explanation' [Acumen 2002], p.47


A Reaction

This is the core of Hume's is/ought claim - what he calls the mind 'spreading itself'. It is a powerful claim. Personally I think we have become TOO sceptical here, and have the delusion that crucial features of nature are created within our minds.