Author | Zabeeh, Farhang. author |
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Title | Hume Precursor of Modern Empiricism [electronic resource] : An analysis of his opinions on Meaning, Metaphysics, Logic and Mathematics / by Farhang Zabeeh |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1960 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9194-4 |
Descript | 166 p. online resource |
One / Statement of the Problem -- 1 Historical Setting -- 2 The EmpiricistsโDilemma -- 3 A Brief Comparison -- 4 The Main Issue -- Two / The Principle of Meaning -- 1 The Critique of Metaphysics -- 2 The Limit of Human Knowledge -- 3 The Principle of the Priority of Impressions to Ideas -- 4 The Application of the Principle -- 5 Meaning and Complex Ideas -- 6 Summary of the Chapter -- Three / Evaluation of Humeโs Principle -- 1 Introduction -- 2 On the Relation of Impressions and Ideas -- 3 On the Relation of Words and Impressions -- 4 The Difficulty with the Recurrence of Impressions -- 5 The Difficulty with the Privacy of Impressions -- 6 The Difficulty of Establishing Meaning by Looking for the Origin of Ideas -- Four / The Principle of Analyticity -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Statement of the Principle -- 3 An Analysis of Humeโs Principle -- 4 Humeโs Explanation of Logical Concepts -- 5 Humeโs View of Logic -- 6 Summary of the Chapter -- Five / The Domain of Deductive Reason -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Knowledge and Its Objects -- 3 The Science of Arithmetic -- 4 The Science of Geometry -- 5 Is Knowledge Attainable? -- 6 Conclusion of the Chapter -- Six / Summary and Conclusion