tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post4959780171382762029..comments2024-03-28T06:07:03.667-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: THE PHILOSOPHY OF HUME PART FOURRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-14094575143888111402011-09-01T12:22:30.771-04:002011-09-01T12:22:30.771-04:00As we shall see in today's post, if I can get ...As we shall see in today's post, if I can get it finished, Hume treats resemblance as a brute fact not otherwise explainable. This red patch just plain looks like that red patch, and this red patch just resembles that orange patch more than it resembles that purple patch.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-15170516850878796022011-09-01T11:56:24.085-04:002011-09-01T11:56:24.085-04:00But it seems that Hume is making use of the very n...But it seems that Hume is making use of the very notion of universals in his psychological explanation by appealing to resemblances. So is he arguing that the resemblances between different objects are not real, but purely an activity of the mind? If that were so, then why is it that my concept HORSE does not have what's common between this horse, that horse and my shoes?J.Vlasitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10340794410334308312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-38030474464858485462011-09-01T08:38:18.102-04:002011-09-01T08:38:18.102-04:00Good grief, yes!! That is of course the least of ...Good grief, yes!! That is of course the least of it, but certainly that.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-70781885269016691922011-09-01T08:11:07.160-04:002011-09-01T08:11:07.160-04:00Would it be fair to say that Hume is also criticiz...Would it be fair to say that Hume is also criticizing - perhaps tacitly - Plato's Theory of Forms?Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-77090526049144914172011-08-31T17:29:33.064-04:002011-08-31T17:29:33.064-04:00I think that is a reach!I think that is a reach!Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-36146700612295432592011-08-31T16:43:12.522-04:002011-08-31T16:43:12.522-04:00If you squint hard enough, Hume's view of math...If you squint hard enough, Hume's view of mathematics (as a bunch of relations of ideas, rather than matters of fact) did have an influence on Carnap, though the latter wouldn't have accepted his view of space.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922719871297540449noreply@blogger.com