John Passmore on Hume: Section 3

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

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

[gorgolyt]

we still call physics 'natural philosophy' in cambridge, lulz

[gorgolyt]

@mistermoen only mexicans speak spanish, fantastic work.

[AEFic]

John Passmore is kind of like... a really smart turtle.

[5dsdouglas]

@mistermoen Philiosophy es universal, rendering race insignificant.

[mistermoen]

I didn't know so many Mexicans were interested in Hume.

[sufjams]

Por otra parte, si usted tiene un interés en filosofía, usted grandemente benfeit de aprender inglés. No pienso que usted encontrará traducciones filosóficas a la idioma Español que comparan a ésos usted encontrará a la idioma Inglés.

[comicfan88]

:) que bueno que un compatriota este interesado en hume tambien. Aunque ya deberias saber ingles :)

[theinternetscholar]

6:45 . ..human nature. Reminds me of 'feral' children who are isolated and display animalistic qualities in physical behaviour and underdeveloped human capacities, mainly language, but when taken out of that situation and basically brought up into a society they become more 'normal' and less animal-like.

[tkdpaulita]

Subtitulos please