John Passmore on Hume: Section 1

Hume

The leading philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment, David Hume, is the subject of this program. In it, expert John Passmore of the National Australian University discusses causality as the cornerstone of Hume's philosophy. Also discussed are three of Hume's basic philosophical views:anything that is not a fact, is illusion; judgments on fact mist be based on concrete experience; and all knowledge is imperfect. Hume also denies the idea of a continuous identical self, refutes deism, and views reason as a slave to passion.

Section 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6v3ZYt08fY

Section 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpmBufGBW1Q

Section 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXS-HcBsHQ8

Section 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYkMQultX9Y

Section 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmeC85cS_3s

Category:

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• Bryan
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• John
• Passmore
• David
• Hume
• Empricism
• Philosophy

[rachaelswiftt]

Dreams do come true... Youtube is finally apart of my homework assignments.

[Myndir]

Great upload. I'm going to rub Hume's (statue's) foot in honour of the glory of this video.

[CaptainBluebear08]

"Reason Is The Toelicker Of Passion" (Dimitri Verhulst)

[sandman3697]

7:45...... If all we had was constant day then night would not exist... and really neither would day since it has nothing to make it "day"

[sandman3697]

johns got some long ass werewolf hands.

[CytotoxicTrev]

Lol at Passmore's voice

[CytotoxicTrev]

@rachaelswiftt lmao

[bdrc1989]

There is so much more yet to learn.

[craigpsimpson]

Philosophy is cool.

[BonzoLatro]

Excellent video. I wish they had more programs and shows that discussed subjects like this more often now.

[ludocrat]

The pure music of impure truth. The beauty of David Hume.

[lamestguyintown]

passmore dosent sound very australian. surely english educated like most educated people nowadays?