Ideas from 'Treatise of Human Nature, + Appendix' by David Hume [1740], by Theme Structure
[found in 'A Treatise of Human Nature' by Hume,David (ed/tr Mossner,Ernest C.) [Penguin 1969,0-14-040007-9]].
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / d. Cause of beliefs
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Belief is a feeling, independent of the will, which arises from uncontrolled and unknown causes
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12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism
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A proposition cannot be intelligible or consistent, if the perceptions are not so
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 7. Seeing Resemblance
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Hume needs a notion which includes degrees of resemblance [Shoemaker]
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16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 5. Self as Associations
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Experiences are logically separate, but factually linked by simultaneity or a feeling of continuousness [Ayer]
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity
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Are self and substance the same? Then how can self remain if substance changes?
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / c. Inadequacy of mental continuity
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Perceptions are distinct, so no connection between them can ever be discovered
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16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self
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We have no impression of the self, and we therefore have no idea of it
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Does an oyster with one perception have a self? Would lots of perceptions change that?
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
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We have no natural love of mankind, other than through various relationships
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction
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Causation is just invariance, as long as it is described in general terms [Quine]
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If impressions, memories and ideas only differ in vivacity, nothing says it is memory, or repetition [Whitehead]
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