It seems to me that you understand Hume's point of view correctly, but don't see that he is demonstrably wrong. Hume's POV is contrary to Newton's Law...
I'm saying that you are adding meaning to the bolded words that Hume himself never intended. You are literally reading into the text that which is not...
I just read a book review on a book by TERENCE PENELHUM. Themes in Hume: The Self; the Will, Religion. Oxford:Clarendon Press, 2000. The reviewer writ...
I think you are reading into the text that which is not there. Notice the words "power or necessary connexion." Hume is describing straight physics. T...
I'm happy to report that I'm finding other philosophers who are calling BS on Hume. Evidently, one was Whitehead. Here's a quote from James Gould: "In...
Here's what you wrote in your initial post. You discuss modality, necessity, contingency and logic. It certainly looks to me like you are discussing m...
Okay, I'm not a huge fan of Descartes either but I do agree with that argument. But we can save that for another time. Please explain because it seems...
Again, just to be clear. I do not care about Hume's attack on metaphysics. That issue can be discussed at another time. The issue before us is Hume's ...
No, I have addressed Hume's problem repeatedly. Hume says that cause and effect cannot be observed or ascertained by any method. Hume writes that if w...
I have no problem with an attack on conceptual idealism. I'm not a big fan of Plato. Again, let me provide you with one of the quotes from Hume that I...
I have read Hume, not everything he's written but enough for me to quote him in context and explain why Hume is wrong. If you think I've misunderstood...
Saying that Hume and I have the same attitude doesn't add much to the conversation. Our attitudes aren't important, correctness is. I do want to debat...
I'm guessing here, but using the baseball example I'm guessing you are talking about things like how wind might impact the ball hit by Mike Trout. Yes...
I'm tempted to give you two different answers here. The first goes like this: I'm not willing to debate the validity of induction. Induction works. If...
I don't need an argument. I use induction to make a valid inference. Induction can only be overturned by induction. You are welcome to attempt to prov...
"Logical necessity" can have several meanings. It could mean that a conclusion necessarily follows from the premises. Or, it could relate to modal log...
So this article you have linked is less helpful. It simply accepts Hume's statements as if he were making sense. Here's a quote from your article: Thi...
When I read this I think "This is exactly the kind of boil that must be lanced!" Cause and effect has a logical necessity because it has a physical ne...
I found this article online. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for, but I would love to read an article critical of Hume's ridiculous atta...
Yes, Hume would doubt that. And it's ridiculous. There is no insurmountable problem with induction. Induction is the basis of science. One would think...
That's an interesting claim, but I don't think it is one Hume would agree with it. Hume was interested in making predictions. He wrote: "But were the ...
Thank you for the links. I've only just glanced at the first one but it seems very interesting and worthwhile. I understand Hume to be saying that cau...
Thank you for your reply. It was partially helpful. Try as I might, I cannot think of billiard balls and cause and effect without thinking of them in ...
Thank you for the links. But do you have any links for people who are critical of Hume? I've only started reading him and I'm unimpressed. Were people...
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