Hume's Relevant Epistemology. In Defence of "The Old Hume"

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angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Hume's Relevant Epistemology. In Defence of "The Old Hume"

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Hume's philosophy of knowledge is contained in Book I "Of the Understanding" of his Treatise of Human Nature (The Old Hume) and in his Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (The New Hume). The dispute about philosophical relevance of these two works has become topical again recently, and there is a growing number of Humean commentators who rather prefer the Enquiry which is certainly better in style. It is undoubtedly also easier for readers, free of some formal imperfections of the Treatise, and although - as a whole - it is a good deal shorter than Book I of the Treatise, one third of its contents is new, so that it is a substantially different book. But unlike the Treatise, it neglects such philosophical questions as those of space and time, the distinction between mind and the external world, substance (both material and spiritual), and even the idea of personal identity. The "theory of ideas" and operations with them as well as the popular discussion of causation and probability is shortened and simplified in the Enquiry. The logical structure and systematic method of the Treatise is lost in the later work, and the ambition to confront and possibly solve deep problems of human knowledge is abandoned here. The Treatise, in comparison with the Enquiry, must be, therefore, regarded as a book of first-rate philosophical importance and relevant for the assessment of Hume's epistemology. But there is still an interpretational problem about the two works.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Hume's Relevant Epistemology. In Defence of "The Old Hume"

Popis výsledku anglicky

Hume's philosophy of knowledge is contained in Book I "Of the Understanding" of his Treatise of Human Nature (The Old Hume) and in his Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (The New Hume). The dispute about philosophical relevance of these two works has become topical again recently, and there is a growing number of Humean commentators who rather prefer the Enquiry which is certainly better in style. It is undoubtedly also easier for readers, free of some formal imperfections of the Treatise, and although - as a whole - it is a good deal shorter than Book I of the Treatise, one third of its contents is new, so that it is a substantially different book. But unlike the Treatise, it neglects such philosophical questions as those of space and time, the distinction between mind and the external world, substance (both material and spiritual), and even the idea of personal identity. The "theory of ideas" and operations with them as well as the popular discussion of causation and probability is shortened and simplified in the Enquiry. The logical structure and systematic method of the Treatise is lost in the later work, and the ambition to confront and possibly solve deep problems of human knowledge is abandoned here. The Treatise, in comparison with the Enquiry, must be, therefore, regarded as a book of first-rate philosophical importance and relevant for the assessment of Hume's epistemology. But there is still an interpretational problem about the two works.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AA - Filosofie a náboženství

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Civilia. Revue pro oborovou didaktiku společenských věd

ISSN

1805-3963

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Svazek periodika

7

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

98-109

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