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Explanation and Belief in David Hume's ''A Treatise of Human Nature''

Jennifer S. Marusic

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Description:David Hume argues that we can never know a priori that events of one type cause events of another type; causal beliefs depend upon experience of regularly conjoined events. Many commentators have taken this to entail that explanation, for Hume, consists merely in cataloguing regularly correlated types of events. However, Hume's actual explanations of the workings of the human mind are incompatible with this interpretation: they include appeals to dispositional notions like custom and habit, hidden causes, and the explanatory power of analogies. I argue that Hume does not treat empirical observation of regularly conjoined events as either necessary or sufficient for explaining the occurrence of such events. Hume's methodology is driven by two distinct explanatory aims: The first is to identify the causes of the explananda; the second is to offer explanations that unify and systematize our beliefs.;This interpretation is then applied in an examination of Hume's explanation of belief. This examination has four parts. First, I consider the historical influences on Hume's account of belief. Second, I consider the nature of perceptions, which comprise the explanatory basis for much of Hume's "Science of Man." I argue that Hume treats belief as a lively idea, or an occurrent mental state with a characteristic phenomenology. Third, I consider Hume's account of how believing influences us. I argue that Hume holds that beliefs have a causal influence on us, and I argue that this helps explain why he holds that a belief is an occurrent mental state. Fourth, I consider Hume's claim that causal beliefs are caused by custom, and I argue that there is a phenomenological sense of custom that is the immediate cause of our forming beliefs about the unobserved.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Explanation and Belief in David Hume's ''A Treatise of Human Nature''. To get started finding Explanation and Belief in David Hume's ''A Treatise of Human Nature'', you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: David Hume argues that we can never know a priori that events of one type cause events of another type; causal beliefs depend upon experience of regularly conjoined events. Many commentators have taken this to entail that explanation, for Hume, consists merely in cataloguing regularly correlated types of events. However, Hume's actual explanations of the workings of the human mind are incompatible with this interpretation: they include appeals to dispositional notions like custom and habit, hidden causes, and the explanatory power of analogies. I argue that Hume does not treat empirical observation of regularly conjoined events as either necessary or sufficient for explaining the occurrence of such events. Hume's methodology is driven by two distinct explanatory aims: The first is to identify the causes of the explananda; the second is to offer explanations that unify and systematize our beliefs.;This interpretation is then applied in an examination of Hume's explanation of belief. This examination has four parts. First, I consider the historical influences on Hume's account of belief. Second, I consider the nature of perceptions, which comprise the explanatory basis for much of Hume's "Science of Man." I argue that Hume treats belief as a lively idea, or an occurrent mental state with a characteristic phenomenology. Third, I consider Hume's account of how believing influences us. I argue that Hume holds that beliefs have a causal influence on us, and I argue that this helps explain why he holds that a belief is an occurrent mental state. Fourth, I consider Hume's claim that causal beliefs are caused by custom, and I argue that there is a phenomenological sense of custom that is the immediate cause of our forming beliefs about the unobserved.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Explanation and Belief in David Hume's ''A Treatise of Human Nature''. To get started finding Explanation and Belief in David Hume's ''A Treatise of Human Nature'', you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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