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David Hume's quote really seems logical... until you look at tall the assumptions made.

An experimental piece. The painting is ink on paper.

For me, years after having a bit of an Ayn Rand obsession, she's a perfect example of somebody who did say some brilliant, insightful things while being wrong at the very base of her philosophy. She believed

In the 18th century, Hume : ‘even after the observation of the frequent or constant conjunction of objects, we have no reason to draw any inference concerning any object beyond those of which we have had

It is obvious, that the domestic industry of a people cannot be hurt by the greatest prosperity of their neighbours #DavidHume

Será que o conceito de "Direitos dos Animais" comete falácia naturalista? Descubra assistindo ao vídeo abaixo ou lendo a transcrição logo a seguir. Direitos dos Animais, Falácia Naturalista e

Carelessness and in-attention alone can afford us any remedy. For this reason I rely entirely upon them #DavidHume

Back in the first part of the 18th century, when Hume wrote his book "A Treatise of Human Nature", it did not stir much commotion in the philosophical circles or other circles for that matter.

Revolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument & reasoning #DavidHume

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I am not a philosopher. I am unable to see beyond Hume’s fork. I cannot fathom how anyone can argue that it is possible to get an ‘ought’ from an ‘is’ or vice versa. As a purely theoretical matter I am

It's seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once #DavidHume

To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see; all this is nothing but to perceive #DavidHume

Kant’s Disposal of Humean Doubt In this essay I will distinguish Kant’s position from that of Hume, more specifically the reconstruction of his position in which Kant disposes of Humean Doubt that was

Just what is causation, and how does it work? In the classical world, causation was thought to be the result of one thing having some sort of causal power or energy. Later, it was thought that causation

Kant starts off by stating his argument for transcendental idealism in AT 14, before truly explaining it. He starts by laying down a framework to see his argument and relates it to nature and the universal

NOTES ON PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES of Elizabeth of Bohemia. She had greek latin french, did math logics, philosophy science, did paintings. Human being is the union of mind and body. Descartes took for granted

If subjects never resist, every prince, without effort, policy or violence is at once rendered absolute & uncontrollable #DavidHume

Stercus accidit. Author: David Hume

A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence #DavidHume