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Hume, Causation and Two Arguments Concerning God [PDF]
In Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Hume (1779/1993) appeals to his account of causation (among other things) to undermine certain arguments for the existence of God.
Megill, Jason, Jason Megill
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Sympathy is a powerful principle in human nature, which can change our passions, sentiments and ways of thinking. For the 18th century Scottish philosopher David Hume, sympathy is a working mechanism accountable for a wide range of communication: the ...
Natalia Borza
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In this note we derive Robinson’s Arithmetic from Hume’s Principle in the context of very weak theories of classes and relations.
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The ontological implications of neo-Fregeanism
Neo-Fregeanism is a combination of two ideas: logicism, according to which arithmetic can be derived from logic plus definitions, and Platonism, according to which there are mathematical objects (which are abstract).
María de Ponte
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A transcendental analysis of mathematics: The constructive nature of mathematics [PDF]
Kant’s transcendental philosophy (transcendentalism) focuses on both the human method of cognition in general [CPR, B 25] and certain types of cognition aimed at justifying their objective significance. This article aims to explicate Kant’s understanding
Katrechko S.
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Thoughts on jun otsuka’s thinking about statistics– the philosphical foundations [PDF]
Jun Otsuka’s excellent book, Thinking about Statistics - the Philosophical Foundations (Otsuka 2023) is mostly organized around the idea that diferent statistical approaches can be illuminated by linking them to diferent ideas in general epistemology ...
Mohammad Ghasem Vahidi Asl
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When Hume, in the Treatise on Human Nature, began his examination of the relation of cause and effect, in particular, of the idea of necessary connection which is its essential constituent, he identified two preliminary questions that should guide his ...
José Oscar de Almeida Marques
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Entropy‐Driven Design of Low‐Melting‐Point Alloys via Compositionally Complex Strategy
Conventional low‐melting‐point alloys (LMPAs) are limited by a narrow compositional space and inherent property trade‐offs. This review presents an entropy‐driven design strategy that overcomes these limitations, ushering in a new class of low‐melting‐point compositionally complex alloys (LMCCAs).
Yinghui Shang +6 more
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This paper argues that Smith’s criticism of Hume, especially that developed in Part IV of The Theory of Moral Sentiments, can be read as Smith applying the specific view of human nature presented in Hume’s epistemology.
Hiroyuki Ota
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