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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
David Hume and Epistemology
an intro to Hume...
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Hume died from cancer of the colon on August 25th, 1776 in Edinburgh.
In 1742 Hume wright his second volume essay moral and politics as his first book was failing people started saying he was leaving philosophy for economic and politics for literary fame
Hume rejected all methods of inference other than deduction within the realm of mathematics. No processing of "data" would justify the existence of cause an effect or even future expectation to Hume. Hume specifically asserts that no number of sun rises logically entails its rising the next morning or even justifies and expectation that it will.
He had a friend who once chalked "St David's Street" onto the side of the house in which he lived during his later years. The street ended up keeping this name.
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Hume died from cancer of the colon on August 25th, 1776 in Edinburgh.
He change the spelling of his name from Home to Hume because Home was pronounced Hume in Scotland.
Apologies for the avatar, it's a running joke on my internet alias. :P
he was never married in his life
no need to apologise, Tom... it's a great avatar...
He spent four years in Anjou, France
He had two nicknames, 'Le bon David' in France and 'Saint David' in Scotland.
Hume didnt like his professor while he was studying law and said "There is nothing to learnt by a professor, which is not to be met with in books".
Hume's father, Joseph Hume, was a descendant of the noble house of Home Douglas.
He attended university at the age of 12.
Hume's first book "A Treatise of Human Nature" was published in 1739, he was 28 at the time.
In 1742 Hume wright his second volume essay moral and politics as his first book was failing people started saying he was leaving philosophy for economic and politics for literary fame
Hume attended the University of Edinburgh.
shares the same birthday as ms.dynamite who performed for college in June.
Hume rejected all methods of inference other than deduction within the realm of mathematics. No processing of "data" would justify the existence of cause an effect or even future expectation to Hume. Hume specifically asserts that no number of sun rises logically entails its rising the next morning or even justifies and expectation that it will.
It is often said that Hume abandoned philosophy for economics and politics in search of literary fame.
The Church of Scotland seriously considered bringing charges of infidelity against him.
Hume was extremely good at knowing when people were lying, and tried to scare people with his vast knowledge. This is why nobody liked him.
David Hume had an IQ of 180
Heavily influenced others such as Kant who wrote: "Hume has awakened me from my doctrinal slumbers". - Lindsay
He had a friend who once chalked "St David's Street" onto the side of the house in which he lived during his later years. The street ended up keeping this name.
Adam Smith described him as “approaching as near to the ideal of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as human frailty will admit.”
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