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The Concept of Causality, Rejection of Metaphysics

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The Concept of Causality

  • Hume appears to be describing causal relationship, and, in this description psychology and philosophical analysis are interwoven.
  • This is clear from eh fact that Hume gives two definitions of cause
  • According to him, the two definitions are;
    • We may define a cause to be, “an object precedent and contiguous to another, and where all the objects resembling the former are places in like relations of precedency and contiguity to those objects that resemble the latter.
    • A cause is an object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united with it that the idea of …

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The Concept of the External World and the Self

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The Concept of the External World and the Self

  • To reach up to the personal identity and to the self, we shall have to begin with Hume՚s idea of substance.
  • According to him, any knowledge in order to be real must have elements corresponding to some impressions.
  • Now, if there is something permanent, as the supporters of qualities, then…

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