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A Treatise of Human Nature

Disciplines:
ethics
epistemology
philosophy of mind

Summary

David Hume's comprehensive philosophical system applying Newtonian method to human nature, covering the understanding (belief, causation), the passions, and morals.

Core Contribution

Causation is custom, not necessary connection; the self is a bundle of perceptions; reason is and ought only to be the slave of the passions; moral judgments express sentiments.

Historical Influences

David Hume

Intellectual Lineage

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Allied Works

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Critique of Pure Reason The Theory of Moral Sentiments

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