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13602 | We cannot form an idea of a 'power', and the word is without meaning [Hume] |
Full Idea: We can have no idea of connexion or power at all, and these words are absolutely without any meaning. | |
From: David Hume (Enquiry Conc Human Understanding [1748], 7.2.58) | |
A reaction: I would say that this ignores a phenomenon of which Hume is well aware, which is the power of our own minds to generate thoughts and actions. Hume seems to be employing a verificationist theory of meaning |