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: www.youtube.com Section 2: www.youtube.com Section 3: www.youtube.com Section 4: www.youtube.com Section 5: www.youtube.com
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25 thoughts on “John Passmore on Hume: Section 1

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

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

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  4. @TheAssholearchist

    Heh, I was just reading a collection of Hume’s writings today and it turns out Passmore has written extensively on Hume. That shows how unfamiliar I was with his work(s).

  5. Passmore is great. His article on Logical Positivism was vital for me when I was just getting my feet wet with the movement. If he’s as knowledgeable on Hume as he was on LP, this ought to be good. Thanks for uploading this.

  6. My pleasure!

    And to clarify what I meant by “lame” I was talking about the quality of the video, rather than it’s content.

  7. And of course, it’s quite clear that you’ve “given up” in terms of saying anything substantial. Thanks for the concession of defeat, boozer.

  8. LOL

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    I’ve happened to be quite drunk, on every response that I’ve made to you.

    I’m just going to keep you talking, until you give up.

    Welcome to the internets, you grumpy Norwegian…or whatever.

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    There is a great difference between a personal attack and a statement of fact which happens to hit a nerve. Every bit of “hostility” follows directly from your inane tripe, and absent this would not be needed. Nothing personal.

    The objective substance is plain for all to see, whereas your only response is yet another fallacy, the tu quoque.

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    You don’t want to stop there. You follow up with a critique of my ad hominem attacks by producing your own.

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  12. I presume nothing. Your moronic behaviour is amply evident in your thinking that you can get away with a one-word review, a false dichotomy, and now irrelevant ad hominem attacks.

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  13. The fact that you presume that I presume that there is only one alternative is absolutely indicative of abject stupidity.

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