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2220 | Only experience teaches us about our wills [Hume] |
Full Idea: We learn the influence of our will from experience alone. | |
From: David Hume (Enquiry Conc Human Understanding [1748], VII.I.52) | |
A reaction: I can, of course, produce inductive generalisations about what my will can achieve, based on some limited experiences. "I know I can master that". Hobbes (and others) say we have no experience of a 'will'. Hume should be more sceptical! |