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Rowan, Michael. "Hume, probability and induction." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1985. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phr877.pdf.
Full textCruz, Fernão de Oliveira Salles dos Santos. "As condições de possibilidade da ciência da natureza humana: crítica da metafísica e ciência do homem." Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8133/tde-26112007-141351/.
Full textSince his first work David Hume announces his intentions to constitute a science of human nature. The main target of this thesis is to examine the arguments used by Hume to build the conditions of possibility of this field of knowledge.
Jenkins, Joan (Joan Elizabeth). "The Enlightenment Legacy of David Hume." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332061/.
Full textDéragon, Sonia. "Identité personnelle chez David Hume : Imagonation et passions." Aix-Marseille 1, 2001. http://www.theses.fr/2001AIX10104.
Full textLe, Jallé Éléonore. "L'autorégulation chez Hume." Paris 10, 2001. http://www.theses.fr/2001PA100165.
Full textHuman Nature, as described by Hume, may be characterized as a self-organized system. Such is the meaning of the « inventivity » of this species. Many principles of human nature are able to change their own direction whenever this change is required by the sability or the preservation of the whole. Within the system « of the Understanding », the imagination is a kind of regulating faculty, which is able to control and to correct its own disordered propensities. This faculty maintains a vital logics which preserves judgment whenever formal logics threatens to suspend or to destroy it. Thanks to the spontaneous change of direction of a particularly inventive passion, i. E. « the love of gain », the natural system of the passions gives rise to an artificial system of institutions ; also a self-organized system. Self-organization may be applied to the science of Human Nature. Since Human Nature is the science of Man, the principles of the science are equal to the principles ot the object of the science, and self-organization characterizes both of them. Thus, the philosophical writing process turns out to be nothing but a propensity, which is able to change its own direction, while increasing its own satisfaction
Luquet, Laurent. "Le problème des relations chez Hume." Caen, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003CAEN1384.
Full textEtchegaray, Claire. "La croyance naturelle chez David Hume et Thomas Reid : scepticisme et réalisme." Clermont-Ferrand 2, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008CLF20010.
Full textThe aim of this study is to examine how David Hume's and Thomas Reid's philosophies promoted the concept of belief in order to be able to rethink the so-called "traditional logic", and the metaphysical reflection on the reliability of our natural faculties. Fisrtly, the philosophical opposition between the two thinkers requires that we redefine the respective meanings that they have given to the notion of "natural belief", without taking into account the subsequent connotations that arose from the debates of the nineteenth century. Secondly, the goal is to understand if and how a philosophy such as Hume's, which takes on a critical distance, is able to account for our natural realism ; but also to understand what meaning a philosophy such as Reid's, which is realistic by principle, might give to the notion of natural belief. Since belief is regarded as a fact of nature, how can it be epistemologically justified and imputable to our responsability ? What epistemologies and what ethics of belief do Hume's and Reid's naturalistic decisions imply ? The first part is devoted to the elucidation of the concept of belief whose role is prima facie to promote a logic of the existing by redefining judgment as mental behaviour. The second part aims at evaluating the consistency of the promoted psychologies, considering their respective options in metaphysics. Henceforth the link between scepticism and naturalism for Hume, and between theism and naturalism for Reid can be drawn, and their respective athics of belief outlined
Perinetti, Dario. "Hume, history and the science of human nature." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=38509.
Full textChapter 1 presents the historical background against which Hume elaborates his views of history's role in philosophy. Chapter 2 discusses and criticizes the individualist reading of Hume by showing that he had a satisfactory account of beliefs formed via human testimony. Chapter 3 presents a view of Hume on explanation that underscores his interest in practical and informal explanations as those of history. Chapter 4 provides a discussion of Hume's notion of historical experience in relation both to his theory of perception and to his project of a "science of man."
Bonicco, Céline. "Sympathie et interaction : une lecture croisée de David Hume et Erving Goffman." Paris 1, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008PA010614.
Full textOliveira, Roberto Carlos de. "Sociedade e artÃficio na teoria politica de Hume." [s.n.], 2007. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/278704.
Full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
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Resumo: A análise de David Hume (1711-1776) vincula a epistemologia, a moral e a política de forma tal que a sociedade é apresentada como resultado da interação entre as faculdades naturais dos homens e os recursos artificiais decorrentes da reflexão. O artifício denota as invenções refletidas e voluntárias que ampliam as perspectivas da natureza humana, ou seja, os mecanismos de sociabilização do homem que promovem seu desenvolvimento social, situando-o no universo da moral e da política e adaptando seus interesses particulares ao interesse público. A essência do artifício reside na capacidade humana de dominar seus impulsos mediante a sublimação, que direciona os desejos para uma perspectiva estável de satisfação. Nesse sentido, ele amplia as possibilidades de realização do homem, além de cooperar na manutenção da sociedade. Este estudo pretende mostrar como Hume compõe uma filosofia que analisa a sociedade a partir das implicações e desdobramentos de princípios naturais e mostrar como o artifício estabelece um vínculo entre a moral e a política, entre os interesses particulares dos indivíduos e os interesses gerais da sociedade, contribuindo para o estabelecimento das instituições sociais e da autoridade
Abstract: The analysis of David Hume (1711-1776) entail the epistemology, the morals and the politics so that the society is presented like the result of interaction between the natural faculties of men and the artificial recourses current from reflexion. The artifice connotes the reflected and voluntary inventions that ampliflies the perspectives of human nature, that is, the mechanisms of sociabilization of man which promote their social development, placing them in the universe of morals and politics and adapting their particular interests to the public interest. The essence of the artifice resides in the human capability to dominate their impulses through sublimation, which directionates the desires to an estable perspective of satisfaction. In this sense, it amplifies the possibilities of man's realization, yonder to collaborate with the maintenance of society. This study intends to display how Hume composes a philosophy which analyses the society from the implications and unfoldments of natural principles and to indicate how the artifice establishes an entailment between moral and politics, between the particular interests of individuals and the general interests of society, contributing to the establishment of social instituitions and the authority
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Ética e Política
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Njoh, Victor. "Hume, lecteur des morales de l'Antiquité." Paris 1, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999PA010581.
Full textDavid hume, scottish philosopher, was disappointed by the attitude of public after his publishing of treatise of human nature (1739), where he has explained the tenets of his moral philosophy. He decided again to explain more simply these tenets in his moral essays (1742) which became more popular. These essays were presented as four portraits of philosophers : epicurean, stoic, platonist and the sceptic. Every philosopher thinks that philosophy is an art of life. This art may be conduct us to happiness. And at last, the sceptic uses the ideas of the three others in order to make up his method. Consequently, happiness consist in attitude to maintain generally us in life
Silva, Laila T. Correa e. 1987. "A crença na existência do mundo exterior e o ceticismo mitigado em Hume." [s.n.], 2012. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/278710.
Full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
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Resumo: David Hume, no Tratado da Natureza Humana, livro 1, parte 4, seção 2, "Do ceticismo quanto aos sentidos", pretende explicar a causa de nossa crença na existência do mundo exterior, isto é, a crença em existências contínuas e distintas da mente e da percepção. Ele inicia a seção com a seguinte afirmação: devemos dar nosso assentimento ao princípio referente à existência dos corpos, embora não possamos ter a pretensão de sustentar a sua veracidade por meio de argumentos filosóficos (T 1.4.2.1). Mas, ao final da seção, sua postura diante da crença na existência do mundo exterior muda totalmente, como Hume mesmo diz, em T 1.4.2.56, penúltimo parágrafo: "iniciei este tema com a premissa de que deveria ter uma fé implícita em nossos sentidos, e que essa é a conclusão que extrairia da totalidade de meu raciocínio", contudo, argumenta ele, "sinto-me neste momento possuído pelo sentimento contrário", ou seja, Hume não deposita mais nenhuma confiança nos sentidos, ou antes, imaginação. Por que Hume chega a tal conclusão? Hume argumenta que essas existências contínuas e distintas são ficções da imaginação e, como tais, não merecem nosso assentimento e confiança. Essa situação embaraçosa conduz Hume a um ceticismo radical que, segundo o próprio filósofo, somente pode ser curado por meio do "descuido e desatenção". Mas, como poderíamos interpretar essa declaração de Hume? Minha proposta de interpretação defende que através do conceito humeano de ceticismo mitigado presente no Tratado, livro 1, parte 4, seção 7, "Conclusão deste livro", e na Investigação sobre o Entendimento Humano, seção 12, "Da filosofia acadêmica ou cética", somos capazes de compreendê-la. Nas duas obras mencionadas Hume apresenta o modo de investigação filosófica que é, para ele, o mais adequado, a saber: o método cético. Contudo, o ceticismo de Hume não é o ceticismo radical que impede toda a ação, mas sim um ceticismo mais mitigado que combina consigo uma parcela da "mistura bruta e terrena" (T 1.4.7.14), constituinte da vida comum e afazeres cotidianos
Abstract: David Hume, in the Treatise of Human Nature, book 1, part 4, section 2, "Of scepticism with regard to the senses", wants to explain the cause of our belief in the existence of external world, i.e., the belief in existence continued and distinct of the mind and perception. He begins the section with the following affirmation: we might give our assentiment to the principle regarding the existence of external world, even though we cannot pretend to sustain its veracity through philosophical arguments (T 1.4.2.1). But, at the end of section, Hume's position as regards of the belief of external world changes completely, as Hume says, in T 1.4.2.56: "I begun this subject with premising, that we ought to have an implicit faith in our senses, and that this wou'd be the conclusion, I shou'd draw from the whole of my reasoning", however, he says, "I feel myself at present of quite contrary sentiment", i.e., Hume didn't deposit any more trust in the senses, or first, imagination. Why Hume concluded that? Hume says that these continued and distinct existences are fictions of imagination, and in this way, don't diserve our trust and assentiment. This complicated situation brings Hume to the radical scepticism that, according to himself, can only be cured by "carelessness and in-attention". But how can we interpret Hume's declaration? My proposal is that by means of the humean concept of mitigate scepticism present in the Treatise, book 1, part 4, section 7, and in Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, section 12, we can comprehended Hume's situation. In both books, he presented for us a way of philosophical investigation that is, for him, more adequate: the sceptical method. However, humean scepticism is not the radical one that obstructed all action, instead, more mitigated humean scepticism brings with itself one part of the "gross earthy mixture, as an ingredient" (T 1.4.7.14), that constitutes common life
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Filosofia
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Lunardi, Giovani Mendonça. "Sensibilidade moral e normatividade em Hume." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/17668.
Full textDavid Hume's moral philosophy is mainly understood as a representative of a normative scepticism and also as a psychologised morality. Such conceptions privilege a reading habit of humeans texts influenced by the so called "theories of the practical reason'" stating that his philosophical system does not contemplate the rationality structure necessary for the grounds of normativity of morality. As opposed to this, the present investigation supports the idea that humean moral philosophy allows a normative interpretation by examining "dynamic of feelings" present in human nature. The normativity of moral is established, according to the Scottish philosopher, from the evaluative contents of natural feelings of "pain" and "pleasure" in which, we immediately "feel". However, that does not mean that his moral philosophy can be reduced to pure hedonism, subjectivism or moral relativism. We support the idea that moral sensibility, according to Hume, provides discrimination of worthy human actions through communication of the feelings (sympathy) evaluative from an impartial point of view (judicious spectator). Such "dynamic of feelings" is what we call normativity as reflexivity, in other words, successful reflexivity producing normative outcome. Our thesis concludes that according to the Scottish philosopher's view, the normativity of morality question can be answered from the following perspectives: from natural feelings' worth rather than from the worth imposed by practical reason; from communication of feelings between agents, rather than from the solipsist deliberation of moral agent; from the impartial point of view of a judicious spectator, rather than from the interests of the involved agents; from the dynamic of feelings with successive reflexivity, rather than from the reflexion of a "pure reason".
Leme, Antonio Cesar da Silva 1972. "O tema da identidade pessoal no livro 1 do Tratadode Hume." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/279805.
Full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
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Resumo: Esta dissertação examina o tema da identidade pessoal no Livro 1 do Tratado da natureza humana de David Hume, e a sua retomada nos textos da Sinopse e do "Apêndice". Trata-se de explicar o sentido de algumas afirmações feitas por Hume sobre esse tema. Na seção "Da Identidade Pessoal", Hume, por um lado, nega a existência da ideia do eu e, por outro, propõe uma tese sobre o eu, segundo a qual o eu é um sistema de diferentes percepções, encadeadas pelos princípios de associação de ideias. Ao retomar o tema da identidade pessoal no "Apêndice", Hume mostra-se decepcionado com sua própria explicação oferecida previamente para esse assunto no Tratado e na Sinopse. Diante dessas afirmações, o objetivo do nosso trabalho é cotejar suas afirmações iniciais sobre o tema do eu com sua reconsideração posterior a fim de tentar entender o motivo da sua insatisfação. Seguindo a hipótese proposta por Piston, defendo que Hume apresenta uma concepção do eu alternativa para as explicações de Descartes e Locke. Além disso, sugiro que Hume mantém no "Apêndice" a mesma concepção de identidade pessoal apresentada inicialmente no texto do Tratado. Para sustentar essas hipóteses, é imprescindível distinguir o objeto da crítica de Hume, o eu inventado pelos filósofos, da proposição humeana acerca sobre o eu como um sistema de percepções em fluxo constante
Abstract: This dissertation examines the theme of personal identity in Book 1 of the Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume, and its resumption in the texts of the Synopsis and the "Appendix." It intends to explain the meaning of some statements made by Hume on this topic. In the section "Personal Identity" Hume, on the one hand, denies the existence of the idea of the self and, on the other, proposes a thesis about the self, according to which the self is a system of different perceptions, linked by the principles of association of ideas. When he revisited the issue of personal identity in the "Appendix", Hume appears disappointed with his own explanation previously offered for that subject in the Treatise and in the Synopsis. Given these statements, the aim of this work is to collate Hume's initial statements on the subject of the self with his subsequent reconsideration, in order to try to understand the reason for his dissatisfaction. Following a hypothesis proposed by Piston, I argue that Hume presents a conception of the self alternative to explanations of Descartes and Locke. Furthermore, I suggest that Hume holds in the "Appendix" the same conception of personal identity presented initially in the text of the Treatise. To support these hypotheses, it is essential to distinguish the object of Hume's criticism, the self invented by philosophers, from Hume's proposition about the self as a system of perceptions in constant flux
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Filosofia
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Silva, Gilberto Cabral da. "Para além de Deus e da natureza: Elementos de filosofia trágica nos diálogos sobre a religião de David Hume." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2005. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/2150.
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This Work intends an epistemological approach of David Hume s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by French philosopher Clément Rosset s category of tragic philosophy . We propose a new interpretative possibility of Hume s thought in the Dialogues, different form the naturalism and beyond the simple skepticism . The concept of tragic philosophy allows one to think the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion as a work of tragic philosophy, in which the concept of nature is completely dissolved by the skeptic arguments.
Esta dissertação pretende uma abordagem epistemológica dos Diálogos sobre a Religião Natural de David Hume por meio da categoria de filosofia trágica , trabalhada pelo filósofo francês Clément Rosset. Propomos uma nova possibilidade interpretativa do pensamento de David Hume, diferente do naturalismo e além do simples ceticismo. O conceito de filosofia trágica permite pensar os Diálogos sobre a Religião Natural como uma obra de filosofia trágica, na qual é efetuada, através dos argumentos céticos, a completa dissolução do conceito de natureza .
Cabezas, Barra Domingo. "El laberinto de la identidad personal en la filosofía de David Hume." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/398034.
Full textIn this thesis we will discuss the philosophy of personal identity developed by Hume. Starting from the analysis of the principles outlined in the Treatise of Human Nature, we will thoroughly describe what the experts in the work of Hume have called the first and second thoughts about personal identity. Then we will delve in the crucial moment when, while discussing second thoughts, Hume confesses that "all my hopes vanish" when trying to explain the principles that link our successive perceptions. This implies that he feels frustrated when trying to explain, from its epistemological principles, the real connections that would link perceptions and that are necessary for the functioning of memory. Here we find Hume facing an impossible dilemma, since he has to give up either his personal identity and memory or the principles of his philosophy. Therefore, Hume will be lost in the maze of personal identity, until the only way out is to sit on the bench of skepticism.
Simon, Alexandre. "Scepticisme et politesse dans l'œuvre de David Hume." Thesis, Besançon, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016BESA1005/document.
Full textThis study deals with the relationship between scepticism and politeness in the works of David Hume, in order to contribute to the understanding of Hume’s art of writing from a philosophical point of view. From the Treatise of human nature (1739-1740) to the later works (the Essays, the two Enquiries, the Four dissertations and the Dialogues concerning natural religion), one can observe an obvious change in the manner of communicating the science of man to the public of the eighteenth century. Partly inspired by the philosophical journalism of Addison and Steele and designed to make abstract philosophy accessible to the public of conversation, Hume’s art of writing shows a progressive integration of the culture of politeness with scepticism and its expression. But this certainly does not mean that Hume would have left the speculative ambitions of the Treatise for worldly success. On the contrary, as an expression of the good humour which characterizes the « true sceptic » as well as a literary preparation of the critical reception of philosophy in the Republic of Letters, Hume’s art of writing tries to give to the science of man, considered as a sceptical – and new – science, the public that it needs for its foundation. Hence mitigated scepticism appears essentially as a polite scepticism, the best way for « metaphysics » to enter upon the secure path of civilization
Mareschal, de Charentenay Simon. "Origines et développement de la loi de Hume dans la pensée juridique." Montpellier 1, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008MON10031.
Full textFerraz, Marilia Cortes de. "Liberdade e imputabilidade moral em Hume." [s.n.], 2006. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/281518.
Full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas
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Resumo: A dissertação examina a análise de Hume dos conceitos de liberdade e imputabilidade moral. O texto de referência para a pesquisa é a seção VIII da Investigação sobre o entendimento humano. Mostro, a partir do estudo dessa seção, em que sentido os conceitos de liberdade e necessidade são compatíveis para Hume. Para tanto, analiso o compatibilismo humeano enfatizando a unidade explicativa que o autor esposa claramente na obra citada. De fato, Hume, em seu exame das noções de liberdade e necessidade anuncia introduzir novidades que prometem ao menos algum resultado na decisão da controvérsia entre a doutrina da necessidade e a doutrina da liberdade (da vontade). Ele propõe um 'projeto de reconciliação¿ (reconciling project) que consiste em mostrar que liberdade e necessidade são perfeitamente compatíveis entre si, e que afirmar que as ações humanas são livres não é afirmar que estejam fora do âmbito da necessidade, mas apenas que se realizaram sem constrangimento. Em seguida, esclareço as razões que conduzem à crença na vontade livre, crença esta infundada, segundo Hume. Por fim, procuro estabelecer as conseqüências que o compatibilismo humeano traz para a noção de responsabilidade moral. Hume entende que não só é perfeitamente possível explicar os juízos morais pelo seu compatibilismo, como também que o seu compatibilismo é a única alternativa de fato consistente para dar conta dos ajuizamentos que fazemos acerca da moralidade. Entendo que a explicação dos juízos morais de imputabilidade oferecida por Hume representa uma hipótese altamente persuasiva e com vigor suficiente para responder a objeções geralmente apresentadas pelos incompatibilistas
Abstract: The dissertation examines the analysis of Hume of the concepts of freedom and moral imputability. The text of reference for the research is section VIII of the Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. I show, from the study of this section, how freedom and necessity are compatible for Hume. To this effect, I analyze the humean compatibilism emphasizing the unit of the explanation that the author maintains in the cited work. Hume, in his examination of freedom and necessity, announces a new approach that promises at least some results for the decision of the controversy between the doctrine of the necessity and the doctrine of the freedom (of the will). He proposes a conciliatory project that consists in showing that freedom and necessity are perfectly compatible, and that to say that the human actions are free is not to say that they are out of the scope of the necessity, but only that they are without constraint. After that, I clarify the reasons that lead to the belief in free will, which is baseless according to Hume. Finally, I establish the consequences that humean compatibilism brings for the notion of moral responsibility. Hume understands not only that it is perfectly possible to explain moral judgments by means of his compatibilism, but also that his compatibilism is the only consistent alternative to account for moral judgement. I understand that the explanation of moral judgments of imputability offered by Hume represents a highly persuasive hypothesis, and strong enough to answer the objections generally raised by incompatibilists
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Filosofia Moral
Mestre em Filosofia
Okan, Ecem. "Entre histoire et analyse : le progrès selon David Hume et Adam Smith." Thesis, Paris 1, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PA01E050.
Full textThis dissertation examines the relationship between history and analysis in Hume’s and Smith's considerations on progress. Its objective is twofold. First, it aims to show that these two Scottish thinkers bring together an historical approach, i.e. conjectural history, with another historical approach stemming from their analysis of the rise of civil society. Hume conflates these two distinct historical approaches in his political philosophy, whereas Smith separates gradually his economic analysis of from his political philosophy ― which is a conjectural history of civil society. According to both of them, the government originates from the inequality of wealth within society and its main purpose is to secure private property. The economic analysis of the Wealth of Nations derives from this theory of government and justice. Secondly, this study aims to emphasize that Smith’s economic theory is less historical than Hume. This is illustrated by the difference between Hume’s and Smith’s stance on the problem of the British public debt. While Hume points out the danger proceeding from Great Britain's aggressive international politics ― by drawing a parallel with the Roman Empire ―, Smith brings to the fore the economic effects of public debt, which, despite their harmfulness, are offset by private savings. Such a comparison explains the subsequent emergence of the classical school which deploys a purely theoretical economic analysis that lacks historical context
Soares, Mascarenhas Rogério. "Le statut de l’éloquence dans la philosophie de David Hume : dépassements spatiotemporels et identitaires à la lumière d’une propédeutique." Thesis, Université Clermont Auvergne (2017-2020), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018CLFAL015/document.
Full textAnyone who scrutinizes the status of eloquence in Hume cannot dismiss questioning the author's analyses in A Treatise on Human Nature, while paying close attention to the Moral, Political, and Literary Essays, and to An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding. Examination of the verve within humian philosophy can be risky and complex, especially as the fragmentation in the approach to the subject is accompanied by considerations that may obscure rather than clarify the understanding of a number of problems. This work seeks to demonstrate that, in Hume, eloquence can be understood under the prism of a deliberate and amusing activity of “self-knowledge of the imagination (spirit)”, since it is withdrawn on itself even when it represents a myriad of possible existences. In this way, eloquence abandons its status of risky and hazardous practice to make itself the guarantor of a scientific propaedeutic endeavor, that is to say, a discipline of initiation to the humian science of man
Lodoli, Federico. "Le corps et la critique : perspectives sur une philosophie de la production." Thesis, Paris, EHESS, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019EHES0175.
Full textWhat is the relationship between body and critique? In the history of philosophy, the aim of the critique has always been to unveil the pretentions of thought towards the truth. Yet, since western philosophy has always conceived truth as a transcendent value, the only appropriate way to achieve this aim, looks like to adopt the immanence of the body, as the starting point and the main force of this quest. By adopting the body, as the method of the philosophical examination, the critique becomes a genetic and genealogic investigation on how our ideas are produced. At the same time, the body too change his nature, as it becomes the object of the critique. It means that the body is no longer considered in a simple opposition to the mind, as it is conceived within the Mind-Body problem debate. That would mean to remain within the perspective of idealism. On the contrary, the body reveals itself as the paradigm of a natural thinking, the decentralized point of view of existence, the fragmented and dynamic perspective of the immanence. Subject and object of the critique, the body becomes the primordial dimension of a productive naturalism So, the aim of this thesis is to investigate the possibilities for the body to become the criteria of the critique, and the force of a naturalistic philosophy of production. It means to produce a form of thinking that arises directly from life and time, becoming and matter, singularities and multiples. In order to do so, we discuss the philosophies of those thinkers who, during the history of western thought, have already recognised this productive potential of the body: Spinoza, Hume, Nietzsche. Finally, the questions guiding this thesis are: What are critique and body from an immanent perspective? Is it possible a critique starting from the body? Can the body become a force apt to produce values and thoughts? What is, then, philosophy of natural production?
Espinoza, Verdejo Alex. "David Hume : aspects ontologiques et épistémologiques de l'induction." Nantes, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005NANT3018.
Full textOuellet, Dominique. "Science et scepticisme chez David Hume." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/26324.
Full textMullen, Shirley Annette. "David Hume and the partility-impartiality debate." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683165.
Full textEspinosa, Sarmiento Ruth. "El Problema de Hume: Epistemología, escepticismo y metafísica." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2008. http://www.repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/108472.
Full textRobel, Gilles. "Lumières et conservatisme dans la pensée politique de David Hume." Paris 3, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1998PA030013.
Full textThe present study aims at stressing the coherence of hume's work ; at showing why it cannot be fully understood without questionning the traditional historiography of the 18th century, which depicts enlightenment and conservatism as two antagonistic trends ; at rehabilitating hume's political thought, which is still overlooked in france. The study starts with an examination of the part played by politics in hume's work and career, and of the main connexions between his epistemology, his ethics and his politics. It explains why humean studies should focus less on his epistemology and more on his political thought and on his essays. It then moves on to an analysis of hume's relationship to the actors and ideas of the scottish and french enlightenments. Hume appears to be less conservative than most of the literati of the scottish enlightenment - defined as a conservative enlightenment - but is also critical of the radicalism and dogmatism of the philosophes. A detailed examination of his political programme shows that, far from defending the status quo, he advocates far-reaching reforms of institutions and ways of thinking. Hume's reformism raises the question of his conservatism : having showed that the perception of his conservatism evolved considerably, the study approaches conservatism in a substantialist and in an historicist perspective. Hume's position on the political scene and his approach to revolution(s) are examined. This twofold analysis reveals that while it is possible to identify one conservative world view, conservative responses to political events are varied. Hume's conservatism can best be described as a sceptical conservatism, which raises the question of the influence of hume's scepticism on his conservatism, and of hume's political standards. His thought seems to hesitate between "what is established" and "what is best", but the tension can be resolved by resorting to the notion of "committed spectator". As a committed spectator, hume assesses political practices by using relative stantards, such as the "established practice" or the notion of utility. Hume's contextualism, and his utilitarianism, do not lead him to reduce what ought to what is, but they help him determine directions of change which are adapted to practices. His political thought can thus be described as a true philosophy of improvement
Claisse, Thomas. "Hume et la mélancolie sceptique : une approche par la dynamique des discours." Thesis, Lille 3, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LIL30050/document.
Full textThe melancholic speech of Hume, placed in the term of the first book of its early work, puts in danger the philosophy, by drawing the necessary conclusions of an empiricist theory of the knowledge
Mendonça, Maria Magdalena Cunha de. "Dialetica e contingencia no ceticismo em David Hume." [s.n.], 2007. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/280583.
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Resumo: Este trabalho investiga a relevância da crÃtica humeana ao pensamento teleológico, a partir da análise crÃtica do argumento do desÃgnio exposta no texto dos Diálogos da Religião Natural e sua articulação com o projeto filosófico do autor. Objetiva-se mostrar que a reflexão de Hume a respeito da religião natural, não se reduz a uma espécie de querela entre teÃsmo e ateÃsmo, deixando claro o entrelaçamento existente entre a recusa do raciocÃnio finalista e a crÃtica ao determinismo teológico e cientÃfico, a fim de deixar evidente o distanciamento do filósofo escocês da metafÃsica, sobretudo, das filosofias das ciências e epistemologia. No texto dos Diálogos da Religião investiga-se também a estrutura argumentativa filosófica do autor no intuito de precisar o sentido dialético e referencial cético presentes na sua compreensão e uso singular do estilo dos diálogos e sua ruptura com o discurso filosófico da tradição, precisamente platÃ'nico-aristotélica. Em um segundo momento deste trabalho, precisamente no terceiro capÃtulo, a motivação maior consiste em reafirmar o tom radical da crÃtica humeana ao argumento do desÃgnio em que se investiga a articulação entre os textos dos Diálogos da Religião natural e o da História da Religião natural, procurando tornar clara a manutenção do padrão da contrariedade dialética no contraponto que Hume apresenta entre politeÃsmo e teÃsmo, bem como, a compatibilidade entre a postura de Hume na obra da História da Religião natural e a do expositor do ceticismo e crÃtico maior do argumento teológico no texto dos Diálogos, a saber, Philo. Além disso, ainda nesta parte do trabalho, busca-se localizar no conceito de contingências a expressão da crÃtica de Hume ao raciocÃnio teleológico da filosofia experimental da sua época, que pretende apoiar-se no postulado da análise observacional objetiva, da necessidade fÃsica da esfera natural e do agir humano. No quarto capÃtulo o intuito é o de analisar o duplo papel que desempenha o conceito de circunstancia no pensamento de Hume: elemento fundamental da sua visão de um cosmo antifinalista e linha mestra da sua ruptura com o pensamento teleológico presente nas reflexões tradicionais e moderna sobre os problemas morais. Detendo-se na análise da noção de valor , particularmente nas reflexões sobre o problema filosófico da felicidade, busca-se tornar clara a recusa de Hume à visão teleológica religiosa e cientÃfica em suas pretensões de padronização dos comportamentos humanos, ou â?¿formas de vidaâ??, enfim, da singularidade e diversidade das múltiplas formas de pensar, crer e viver de cada homem
Abstract: This work examines the relevance of the humean critique regarding the critical analysis of the argument of design ( purpose) exposed in the text of the Dialogues of Natural Religion and its articulation with the authorÂ's philosophical project. The object is to demonstrate that HumeÂ's reflection in regards to the natural religion does not confine itself to a kind of quarrel between theism and atheism, making clear the present intertwining between the refusal of the finalist reasoning and the critique to the theological and scientific determinism, in order to prove this scotch philosopherÂ's detachment from methaphysics, especially, from the philosophies of the sciences and the epistemology. The text of Dialogues of the Religion examines also the argumentative philosophical structure of the author with the purpose of determining the dialectic meaning and skeptical referential present in his comprehension and his singular utilization of style of dialogues and its rupture with the philosophical discourse of tradition, precisely platonic-aristotelian. In a second moment of this work, precisely on the third chapter, the major motivation consists of reaffirming the radical tone of the humean critique of the design in which it examines the articulation between the texts of the Dialogues of Natural Religion and of the Natural Religion History, endeavoring to make clear the maintenance of the pattern of dialectic contrariness in the counterpoint that Hume presents between polytheism and theism, as well as, the compatibility between HumeÂ's posture in the work History of Natural Religion and that of the exposer of skepticism and principal critic of the theological argument in the text of the Dialogues, that is, Philo. Besides, still in this part of the work, one endeavors to locate in the concept of the contingences the critical expression of Hume to the teleological reasoning of the experimental philosophy of his period , which intents to base itself in the postulate of the objective observational analysis, the physical necessity of the natural sphere, and of human acting. In the fourth chapter the intention is to analyse the double role played by the concept of contingence in HumeÂ's thinking . : fundamental element of his vision of an antifinalist cosmos and main support of his rupture with the current teleological thought in the traditional and modern reflections regarding the moral problems. Lingering on the analysis of the notion of value, particularly in the reflections about the philosophical problem of happiness, it intends to make clear the refusal of Hume to the religious and scientific teleological visions in their pretensions of standardizing the human behaviors, or ¨forms of life¨ in which it becomes evident, once again, the dialectical tone of his sceptical philosophy. Accompanying the dialectic argumentative structure present in the humean texts it endeavors to stress the difficulties that HumeÂ's dialectic-sceptic argumentative structure presents to natural religion and science in their normative and moralizing pretensions regarding the acting of individuals starting from the none in the least fortuitous abstraction of the singularity and diversity of the multiple forms of thinking , believing and living of every human being
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Feuerhake, Garbarini Ernesto. "Empirismo y crítica. Husserl y Deleuze a través de Hume." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2014. http://www.repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/129774.
Full textEl objetivo general de esta tesis es elucidar una vía de entrada hacia las relaciones entre la filosofía de Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) y la escuela fenomenológica. Se trata de una relación crítica. Nos acercamos a ella a través de la lectura y la evaluación de los análisis que tanto Husserl como Deleuze hicieron del pensamiento del filósofo empirista escocés David Hume. Husserl era un lector asiduo de Hume, cuyo peculiar empirismo representaba una amenaza interior para la fenomenología. De otra parte, Deleuze elaborará un pensamiento que se ha dado en llamar "empirismo trascendental". Por tanto, nos ha parecido que la conflictividad existente entre ambos pensadores debía de pasar por el examen del empirismo. El empirismo, sin embargo, tal como nos ha parecido leerlo en Deleuze, no es exactamente una "doctrina". Es más: la evaluación del empirismo, de esto que no es una doctrina, nos echará luces ahora, a la inversa, sobre cuál puede ser el sentido de un conflicto filosófico. De modo que los exámenes que llevamos a cabo cumplen un doble propósito: mapear el diferendo entre Deleuze y la fenomenología en clave de crítica, y esclarecer un motivo posible para el peculiar trascendentalismo deleuziano.
Barthélémy, Philippe. "Le personnage de Philon dans les dialogues sur la religion naturelle de David Hume." Lille 3, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994LIL30009.
Full textThe aim of this thesis is to determine hume's final representation of religion and theology through a comment of the monologue said by the character of philo in the dialogues concerning natural religion on the one hand, and through a study of the influences of ancient scepticism which have inspired hume on the other hand. The first part consists in a study of the relationship that hume has with his main character. This part is divided into four chapters : an analysis of the different historical interpretations of the philo-hume relationship, a comparison bet ween the dialogues and its two historical patterns, cicero's de natura deorum and berkeley's alciphron, and finally an account of the reasons for the use of the dialogue form. This preliminary survey aims at compiling the necessary elements to base a new hypothesis acknowledging a philo getting some feeling for an immanent god. The second part explains philo's philosophy of religion. From a historical point of view, his standpoint is closer to sextus empiricus's school of empirical scepticism than to the academician school. From a philosophical point of view, hi s epistemologic scepticism on the question of the nature of god doesn't preclude any subjective preferences for the deis t hypothesis of an intelligent and immanent
Larruscahim, Márcio. "Os elementos da filosofia de Hume." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/13821.
Full textThe present work tries to show that, for Hume to be able to make the distinctions he intends to make at the beginning of A Treatise of Human Nature, between impressions and ideas, and between ideas of imagination and ideas of memory, Hume needs to make use of elements which are not given empirically, such as belief in an external world, attitudes towards perceptions (belief), and propensities of the mind. However, we argue that they are neither unexamined presuppositions made by Hume, nor accessory measures used to solve problems as they begin to show up in his philosophy; rather, they are necessary elements of his philosophy, thoroughly worked by him, and without which the understanding of Hume’s philosophy would become very limited.
Bernard, Christopher. "The role of the imagination in Hume's science of man." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2940.
Full textDíaz, Lara Juan Carlos. "Pasión y 'razón' : Hume y el proceso de la evaluación moral." Bachelor's thesis, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2005. http://tesis.pucp.edu.pe/repositorio/handle/123456789/5418.
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Zavala, Scherer Demetrio. "Aproximación hermenéutica a la obra de David Hume." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/394044.
Full textThe main purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the comprehension of the unity of David Hume's thought through a phenomenological reading of the Treatise of Human Nature. We have taken the basic hermeneutical orientation in the development of our reading from certain heideggerian argumentation which results in the statement that phenomenology ought to be the basis for any ontological investigation. We maintain that, referred to the Treatise, what this orientation shows, in the first place, is the continuity between the so called "theory of ideas" and the analysis of knowledge (reason). We think that, among other things, the emphasis on this continuity offers a viable and consistent alternative of interpretation in the context of the contemporary debates on Hume's "realism" and "skepticism". What the orientation shows in the second place is the continuity between the realm of knowledge and that of decision/behavior. We believe that this articulation constitutes the core of that which Hume calls human nature, and that this centrality justifies our defense of the unity of his thought. Lastly, our initial orientation leads to the conclusion -also adapted from Heidegger-that, even though it is through the mere articulation between knowledge (reason) and decision/behavior that human nature accomplishes itself, its authentic accomplishment depends on the development and nourishment of the moral conscience, that is to say, on the reflection on, and evaluation of behavior. In Hume, this conscience takes the forro of a (non-binding) sensibility. The possibility of this sensibility resides in the structural element of the indirect passions that Hume calls ca/m passion. It is fair to say that, beyond the general orientations, our thesis was developed through an intense dialogue with the interpretations of Hume's thought of Felipe Martínez Marzoa and Gilles Deleuze. To the exposition and analysis of the contents described aboye we have added, at the end, a brief reflection on the matter of justice, understood from the perspective of our interpretation.
Bergont, Sophie. "Raison et empirisme chez David Hume." Thesis, Paris 1, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PA01H214/document.
Full textHume is commonly seen as an empiricist philosopher and as a critic of reason. The project of this thesis is to examine the relation between these two characterizations, and to highlight the way that Hume expands empiricism into the faculty of reason, resulting in a new conception of the understanding, which is both empirical and skeptical. In opposition to the generally accepted idea, which states that Hume's theory of reason is set against "metaphysical" or "rationalist" conceptions of this faculty, the thesis argues that, in his account of reason, Hume mainly critiques "empiricist" philosophers. These thinkers are critiqued for being confined to a superficial view of experience. Through an exploration of several fields (theory of experience, theory of the passions, theory of morals, history, contemporary sciences, such as mechanics), it is shown that Hume's critique of reason stems from an extension and intensification of empiricism. This demonstration challenges the traditional view of Hume, as the heir to the "empiricist" tradition (particularly Locke and Hutcheson) and as a mere critic of the "rationalist" philosophers (particularly Leibniz and Malebranche). These positions, which seem at first sight surprising, are rooted in the demand that experience be analysed : it is only through analysing the immediate and ordinary experience we have of our reasoning that we can arrive at a true account of the powers of reason, and give new ground to the question of the legitimacy of reason to govern our beliefs
Jesus, Paulo Renato Cardoso de. "Poétique de l'ipse : temps, affection et synthèse dans l'unité du Je théorique kantien." Paris, EHESS, 2006. http://www.theses.fr/2006EHES0096.
Full textThe Kantian "theoretical I" constitutes a unifying semantic unity wich produces itself epigenetically. Thus, this spontaneous - poetic - cognitive function appears to be both irreducible to a mere "logical form" and non-identifiable with a "substantial entity". The "I think", transcendental apperception, is a morphogenetic power-force wich unfolds as a continuous - virtually infinite - process of synthesis whose aim is the production of an organic system of knowledge. Its logical modality is necessity and its manner of acting is metaphenomenological ; "to must be capable of accompanying all my representations" means "to institute the act-form of all representation as such", namely their belonging to one and the same self. By questioning Kant with Hume, Leibniz and Fichte, this research attempts to elucidate the inevitable instability of the critical transition to a postmetaphysical Cogito
Darantière, Louis. "Du rôle de la théorie des idées dans la formation du criticisme kantien : essai sur l'esthétique transcendantale et sa gestation précritique, comparée à la méthode métaphysique de Descartes et Berkeley." Paris 1, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PA010527.
Full textCabrera, Cabrera Margarita. "Breve investigación sobre la vinculación entre las dos definiciones de causalidad en el Tratado de la naturaleza humana de David Hume." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2019. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/170059.
Full textLa finalidad de este escrito fue estudiar la doble definición de causalidad en el Tratado de la naturaleza Humana de David Hume. Lo anterior se desarrolló principalmente desde la interpretación de dos comentaristas y el contraste que emerge entre ellos. Cabe destacar que no se busca dar una respuesta definitiva a tal problemática, sino que cimentar ciertas bases para un trabajo de profundización ulterior. La clave interpretativa se llevó a cabo a través del libro Hume on causation de la filósofa Helen BeeBee, la cual contrasta su postura con la lectura co -extensiva del filósofo Don Garrett. Por lo tanto, se consideraron ambas posturas con la intención de tener una mirada enriquecedora respecto a los contenidos. De manera análoga, se buscó contextualizar históricamente la filosofía de Hume a través de una escueta revisión a la metafísica cartesiana, específicamente en la III Meditación. A raíz de lo anterior, se sugiere que hay una resistencia al innatismo, lo cual origina una nueva noción de causalidad ajena al intelecto. Respecto a la doble definición de causalidad, se propone entenderla a la luz de una cierta autonomía entre cada una de ellas, pero además poseen un grado de influencia bajo ciertos respectos que serán abordados en la parte final del escrito. Se describe los términos de la co -extensión entre las definiciones según Don Garrett en Cognition and Commitment, pero no es una lectura plausible ya que se aleja de las afirmaciones que hizo Hume tal y como lo deja en evidencia BeeBee. Por último, para una ampliación de esta investigación se requiere mayor bibliografía secundaria y también mayor conocimiento de la obra humeana. En consecuencia, se buscará profundizar en otros textos del filósofo escocés para una comprensión más acabada.
Nicolì, Laura. "Il dibattito filosofico sul politeismo nel Settecento francese (1704-1770)." Thesis, Paris, EPHE, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015EPHE5068.
Full textThe subject of this thesis is the debate on the origin and nature of polytheism, which took place in France in the Eighteenth century. From the beginning of the century, this debate started to unfold outside of the theological frame within which it had been confined earlier. Polytheism stopped being an issue of biblical exegesis to become a question of historical and then philosophical nature. This thesis aims to shed light on the steps of this change. In particular, it is shown that the gradual substitution of the orthodox model of original pure monotheism with that one of primitive polytheism changed the nature of the issue: from a specific question mainly of antiquarians' interest, it became a philosophical inquiry on the origin and nature of religious belief in general. The first part of the thesis is about the researches on pagan religions conducted by antiquarians and historians: the main theories on the origin of paganism which arose in this context are examined (Euhemerism, allegorism, theories of the origin of idolatry from visual arts and writing signs), aiming to show that these theories paved the way to the reflection of philosophers, proposing a new historical approach to polytheism. The second part of the thesis deals with more strictly philosophical aspects of the debate, focusing on two key figures ‒ Pierre Bayle and David Hume ‒ and on two fundamental theoretical lines: a logical or gnoseological one, about what it means to conceive divinity as multiple; and an anthropological or psychological one, on the origin of the belief in several divinities
Cordeiro, Thais Cristina. "A formação do juízos morais na teoria moral de David Hume." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFPR, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1884/45416.
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Área de concentração: Historia da Filosofia Moderna e Comtemporânea
Resumo: Pretendo, neste trabalho, analisar a formação de conceitos na construção do sistema moral de Hume atrás de um debate entre o autor escocês e três representantes de sistemas morais distintos. Respectivamente John Locke e sua moral demonstrativa, Francis Hutcheson e a moral sentimentalista e por fim Thomas Hobbes e a moral egoísta. Hume elaborou um sistema moral inédito, mas não podemos desconsiderar que suas críticas e elogios a outros filósofos morais são fundamentais na constituição de seu projeto sobre as ações morais. Propomos neste trabalho, elencar três concepções distintas às quais Hume recorre para justificar seu ataque à tradição moral racionalista, às relações de ideias encontradas no Ensaio sobre o entendimento humano de John Locke. Focaremos esse ponto da teoria moral lockeana, pois Hume pretende provar que a moral não é passível de demonstração aos moldes da matemática, conforme pretendia Locke. Em seguida apresentaremos o elogio de Hume conferido aos sentimentalistas morais. Tomamos como representante da presente corrente Francis Hutcheson. Hume adota o moral sense e o rearranja conforme sua concepção própria. Por fim, apresentamos a moralidade em Thomas Hobbes, que é egoísta. Notamos que com essa conversa entre Hume e nossos filósofos escolhidos os papéis da razão e das paixões são recolocados de modo original para a época. Depois de expormos as teorias desses três filósofos, e de posicionarmos Hume, estruturando dessa maneira a sua edificação sobre a moralidade, pretendemos demonstrar como para a Hume a moral é regulada e podemos alcançar, a partir da própria natureza humana, juízos morais estáveis.
Abstract: I intend in this work to analyze important concepts in the construction of Hume's moral system behind a debate between the Scottish author and three representatives of different moral systems. Respectively John Locke and his moral demonstrative, Francis Hutcheson and moral sentimentalist and finally Thomas Hobbes and his selfish moral. Hume developed a novel system of morality, but we can not ignore that his criticisms and compliments the other moral philosophers are fundamental in the constitution of his Project. We propose in this paper, listing three different conceptions of which Hume uses to justify his attack on the moral rationalist tradition, on the relation of ideas found in the Essay concerning human understanding by John Locke. We will focus this point of Lockean moral theory, since Hume intends to prove that morality is not susceptible to molds demonstration of mathematics, as intended Locke. Then, we present the praise given to Hume's moral sentimentalists. We take this as representative of the current Francis Hutcheson. Hume adopts the moral sense and rearrange as your own design. Finally, we present morality in Thomas Hobbes, that is selfish. We note that this conversation between Hume and our philosophers chosen the roles of reason and the passions are replaced so original for its time. After exposing the theories of these three philosophers, and position ourselves Hume, thus structuring your edification about morality, we intend to demonstrate how Hume morality is regulated and can achieve from the very human nature, stable moral judgments.
Vos, James Antony. "The motivating force of moral beliefs." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003804.
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Silva, Jean Pedro Malavolta e. "Simpatia e sentimentos morais em David Hume." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/156341.
Full textThe subject of this dissertation is in David Hume's moral philosophy, and this work seeks to cast light on its fundaments in order to clarify some difficulties and ambiguities. The problem here presented refers to the nature of sympathy and moral sentiments in Humean philosophy, and is aimed in determinate the proper object of moral judgment and the moral status of sympathy as source of moral content or as a mechanism of communication of sentiments, as well as solve an ambiguity concerning the proper object of moral judgments and the proper object of sympathy. This shall be done through an analysis of the books 2 and 3 of the Treatise of Human Nature and the Enquiries Concerning The Principles os Morals of the occurrences of the principle of sympathy, paying attention to its role in the context of each account and its relations with the notions of pleasure and pain, approval and disapproval in the context of the Humean moral theory The thesis that only the agent's motive or character can be the object of moral valuation will be problematized through the relations Hume establishes between the feelings of pleasure and pain produced by actions and our moral feelings, where it is not the agent’s character or motive, but its consequences, which constitute the object of moral appraisals, and this (as Bernard Wand points) might constitute an ambiguity concerning the proper object of moral evaluation. My intention is to clarify this difficulties and, through the analysis of other critics of Hume, refusing Wands interpretation and clarifying that there is no ambiguity and no circularity between the cause and effect of moral judgment in Hume’s theory. Throughout this procedure, difficulties will be examined concerning the corrections and the necessary conditions for sympathy’s proper operation, in order to offer a coherent explanation with Hume purposes of explaining the origins of our moral approval and disapproval from a general principle of explanation.
Araújo, Alexandre Madruga da Costa. "A noção de pessoas de Henrique Vaz : uma resposta à negação da identidade pessoal em Hume." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UnB, 2016. http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/22048.
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Esta dissertação visa apresentar uma crítica e uma alternativa ao problema da negação da identidade pessoal levantado por Hume, a partir de alguns elementos presentes na Antropologia Filosófica de Henrique Vaz, especialmente centrada no conceito de pessoa. Trata-se do confronto de duas propostas bem distintas: a primeira de cunho empirista e cético, e, a segunda, ancorada em categorias metafísicas. _______________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT
This dissertation aims to present a critique and an alternative to the problem of personal identity's negation raised by Hume, based on some elements present in Henrique Vaz's philosophical anthropology, which are specially focused on the concept of person. It is about the confrontation of two very different proposals: the first one, with a skeptical and empiricist hallmark and the second one, anchored in metaphysical categories.
Klaudat, André Nilo. "Os limites da razão : uma investigação sobre a filosofia teórica de Hume no Treatise." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/165539.
Full textSoares, Franco Nero Antunes. "A inatividade da crença na teoria da motivação de David Hume." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/150324.
Full textThe main objective of this research is to defend that no belief can be the sole cause of motivational passions, volitions or actions according to David Hume’s theory of motivation. The problem that guides the discussion is to determine to what extent the cognitive or rational aspects of the human mind control or not the emotional apparatus of human beings. First, it is argued that Hume’s empiricist theory of perceptions does not include the notion of a supernatural rational faculty with innate or a priori contents or principles. Second, it defends a compatibilist reading of human freedom in Hume whereby volitions are the motivating passions that necessarily precede the production of voluntary actions. Then, it is argued that the inferential processes that characterize human rationality according to Hume are not enough to produce motivational passions, volitions and actions. Finally, it is argued that perceptions produced by reasoning, beliefs, are not sufficient to produce such practical effects. An important premise for the main argument is the view that the presence of certain motivational passions, whose origin cannot be attributed to beliefs or inferences, it is necessary for the production of actions.
Souza, Rafael de 1986. "O padrão do gosto na filosofia de Hume = um argumento e os seus aspectos." [s.n.], 2011. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/278711.
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Resumo: "Do padrão do gosto" já pode ser considerado um texto de filosofia clássico na área da Estética, pois ainda é estudado e admirado por muitos, talvez atualmente mais do que nunca, passados mais de duzentos anos. Tal apelo universal se deve, em parte, ao gênero de investigação do ensaio e, é claro, por ele levar o nome desse filósofo maior que foi David Hume. Pode-se classificá-lo ao lado daquelas obras que discutem o que é a beleza (questão essa que aparece desde os tempos mais remotos na filosofia); mais particularmente, o que conta para as belezas das artes mais finas, digamos, para aquelas da literatura. Além disso, esse é um dos textos mais eminentes de uma das discussões mais características do século XVIII britânico, qual seja, como considerar a nossa capacidade de perceber belezas, ou o que é o gosto. O ensaio, portanto, está ligado a tradições bastante fortes entre nós. Agora, certamente a sua pertinência não teria se mantido sem a excelência de sua escrita - e sobretudo isso. Me refiro não apenas às suas qualidades literárias, que bastariam para explicar o interesse que essa obra tem incessantemente despertado ao longo dos anos e em diferentes países; acredito que o ensaio tem uma primorosa estrutura argumentativa, uma que tem produzido uma enorme variedade de leituras, e deixado muitos leitores simplesmente perplexos. O seu argumento é tal que parece incorrer no tratamento de uma série de questões, procedentes de diferentes "lugares", pelo menos é essa a impressão que passa a literatura ao seu respeito. Assim, o desafio que se coloca para qualquer leitor seu seria descobrir quais são as questões mais relevantes e significativas, como elas entram na argumentação, até que ponto elas são desenvolvidas e com qual finalidade; pois não é de se supor que todas elas tenham um igual destaque ao longo do argumento, ainda que talvez se ligassem a algum outro interesse que justificasse que fossem trabalhadas a partir do ensaio. Com essa observação, gostaria de chamar a atenção para o fato de que o ensaio (como qualquer outro texto filosófico) pode e deve ser pensado a partir de várias questões, mas é igualmente importante de se lembrar que algumas dessas devem ser mais representativas de seu argumento do que outras. Ora, a minha intenção é indicar quais seriam elas, e para justificar as minhas escolhas, mostrarei como elas conferem ao ensaio uma estrutura argumentativa, e vice-versa, como uma ou outra maneira de se estruturá-lo permite pensar em umas ou outras questões; isso, é claro, requer que se determine quais seriam as suas partes constitutivas e de como elas poderiam estar relacionadas, assim como um poder reconhecer essas questões, nomeá-las e apresentá-las
Abstract: "Of the standard of taste" is certainly a key text in aesthetics, for it is the object of study and admiration for many, perhaps more nowadays than ever, more than two centuries later. Such an universal appeal is partially due to the genre of inquiry of the essay, and obviously, to the fact that it carries the name of this major philosopher that was David Hume. It can be classified beside those works that discuss what is beauty (a theme that appears in philosophy since its beginnings); more precisely, what counts for the beauty of the finer arts, especially, for those of literature. Besides, it is also one of the most eminent texts of one of the most characteristics debates of the eighteenth century in Great-Britain, to wit, how to consider our capacity to perceive beauties or what is taste. The essay, therefore, is related to very strong traditions among us. Now, it is evident that its pertinence would not have prevailed without the excellence of its writing - and that above all. I mean not only its literary qualities, which explain sufficiently the interest that this work has aroused throughout the years and in different countries; I believe the essay has an excellent argumentative structure, one that has produced a great variety of readings, and has left perplexed a lot of readers. Its argument is such that it seems to incur in dealing with a series of problems, proceeding from different "places", at least this is the impression one gets from the literature concerning it. Thus, the task of every reader should be to ascertain which problems are more relevant and significant, how are they introduced in the argumentation, up to what point are they developed and with what purpose; for it is not to be supposed that all of them should be equally outstanding in the course of the argument, even if they were related to some other interest that should justify dealing with them in the essay. With this observation, I would like to pay attention to the fact that the essay (like any other philosophical text) can and should be thought of by a variety of problems, but it is equally important to remember that some of these must be more representative that others in comprehending its argument. Now, my intention is to point out what those problems should be, and to justify my choices, I will show how do they give an argumentative structure to the essay, and vice-versa, how one or another way of structuring the essay permits us to think of one or other set of problems
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CAMPELO, Wendel de Holanda Pereira. "A fundamentação da ciência da natureza humana de David Hume: uma epistemologia experimental." Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013. http://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/5868.
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A ciência da natureza humana é o projeto de Hume que concerne à toda sua filosofia –estética, ética, política, teoria do conhecimento, história, economia, filosofia da religião, etc. – coisa de que jamais poderíamos dar conta, dado a natureza do trabalho de mestrado. Por isso, contentamo-nos em falar apenas da fundamentação da ciência da natureza humana, referente à investigação acerca da origem das ideias e operações do entendimento, ou da investigação sobre as causas e os poderes ocultos do entendimento humano, com base no método experimental. A questão a que o nosso trabalho visa a lançar luz é precisamente esta: o que é uma ciência da natureza humana baseada no método experimental? Essa será, pois, a nossa tarefa adiante. Julgamos que, a partir de uma abordagem holística e científica da mente humana, Hume tenta explicar a natureza dos poderes ou faculdades intelectuais, sobretudo suas limitações e sua fragilidade. Sendo, pois, a base da ciência do homem o método experimental, o qual, por sua vez, tem o seu fundamento sólido na experiência e na observação, então é preciso perguntar: como e em que medida o uso de tal método tornou-se imprescindível à filosofia moral – isto é, às questões filosóficas de modo geral – e que tangem à ciência da natureza humana? Compreender isso é compreender a etapa inicial do projeto filosófico humiano, ou seja, o estudo do entendimento humano que, por sua vez, subdivide-se em dois momentos, a saber: (1) A ciência da mente, pela qual Hume mostra as limitações de nossas faculdades e poderes intelectuais e (2) o ceticismo que é, pois, as consequências desse estudo, a constatação da fragilidade e das limitações do entendimento humano. Nesse sentido, sentimo-nos livres para falar de algumas reflexões tanto do Tratado quanto da primeira Investigação, muitas vezes de maneira indistinta, tentando ressaltar que tais obras, quando comparadas, podem revelar o amadurecimento de um mesmo projeto filosófico que é a ciência da natureza humana. E este é exatamente o fio condutor de nossa pesquisa: como uma ciência da natureza humana é projetada por Hume e em que medida é possível falar do amadurecimento de seus propósitos? Com este exame inicial, poderemos responder alguns problemas acerca da visão pela qual Hume foi falsamente apontado como um cético radical. Apresentaremos por que a crítica sobre a sua “teoria das ideias” elaborada pelos filósofos do senso comum não considera importantes pontos de sua ciência da mente, gerando muitos mal-entendidos na posteridade. Em suma, no Capítulo 1 deste trabalho, examinaremos o que seria o projeto filosófico de Hume e, por meio desse exame, tentaremos apresentar, no Capítulo 2, as bases em que essa ciência da mente construída por Hume está sustentada. No capítulo 3, mostraremos que a interpretação cético-destrutiva da posteridade está equivocada, na medida em que desconsidera os meios que Hume encontrou à sua fundamentação da ciência da natureza humana.
The science of human nature is the Hume’s project concerning to all his philosophy – aesthesis, ethic, politic, theory of knowledge, history, economy, philosophy of religion etc. -; matter that we never could to account, because of the nature of a work of master’s degree. Hence, we just content ourselves to talk about to the foundation of science of human nature, concerning to the research about the origin of ideas and operations of understanding, or about the research regarding the causes and occult powers of human understanding, based on experimental method. The question that ours work seek to explain is closely this: What is a science of human nature based on experimental method? This one will, therefore, ours task from now on. We regard, from a holistic and scientific approach of human mind, Hume tries to explain the nature of powers or intellectual faculties, mainly its boundaries and weakness. Being, hence, the base of the science of man the experimental method that, in turn, has its solid foundation on the experience and observation; we must, then, to ask: how and to what extend the use of a such method became indispensable to the moral philosophy – that is, to the philosophical questions altogether – and that it touch on science of human nature? To know it is to know the initial step of philosophical Humean project, that is, the study of human understanding that, on the other hand, it is subdivided in two moments, viz, (1) the science of man, by which Hume shows the boundaries of ours faculties and intellectual powers and (2) the skepticism that is, then, the outcome this study, the finding of weakness and boundaries of human understand. In this sense, we feel free to talk about some account both of Treatise as first Enquiry, many times indistinctly, trying to emphasize that such works, when compared, can to reveal the maturation of a same philosophical project that is the science of human nature. And this is exactly this tread of ours research: how a science of human nature is projected by Hume and to what extend is possible to talk to maturation of its purposes? With this initial exam, we will be able to answer some problems concerning to the view by which Hume was appointed like radical skeptical. We will show why the critique regarding his “theory of ideas” taken by philosophers of common sense does not regard important points of his science of mind, generating many misunderstanding for posterity.In short, in the Chapter 1 of this work, we will examine what it was the Hume’s philosophical project and, by means of this exam, we will try to show, in the Chapter 2, the bases in which this science of mind constructed by Hume is sustained. In the Chapter 3, we will show that the interpretation skeptical-destructive of the posterity is misguided, in that it disregard the means found by Hume to his foundation of the science of human nature.
Alves, Marcelo de Sousa Ferreira. "O papel da imaginação no conhecimento humano segundo David Hume." www.teses.ufc.br, 2015. http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/14485.
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This dissertation offers an account of the relation of the faculty of imagination whith the formation of belief and with other faculties such as memory and understanding in Hume’s thought. The main focus of the investigation is the work Treatise on Human Nature, nonetheless some considerations will be made about the contribution of the work Investigation on Human Understanding to the topic at stake. This is a work purported to show that the imagination has a fundamental role in the reasoning processes about the work and about the empirical sciences.
Esta dissertação aborda a relação da faculdade da imaginação com a formação de crenças e com as outras faculdades como a memória e a razão no pensamento de David Hume. O foco principal da imaginação é o livro I da obra Tratado da Natureza Humana, entretanto algumas considerações serão feitas acerca da contribuição da obra Investigações sobre o Conhecimento Humano para o assunto aqui abordado. Pretende-se mostrar que, para Hume, a imaginação tem um papel fundamental na formação dos raciocínios sobre o mundo e sobre as ciências empíricas.
Reis, Nilo Henrique Neves dos. "Hume e Machiavelli: fronteiras e afinidades." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2010. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/11838.
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This thesis seeks to identify the presence of Niccolò Machiavelli's thinking within David Hume's writings. Both were theorists of political realism. Since the writings of Machiavelli had been circulating in England during the eighteenth century, it is plausible to consider that the next generation following the Florentine found inspiration in new political constructions arising from their readings of Machiavelli. With regard to Hume, both Humanist and Renaissance concepts served as necessary tools with which to base his critique of the British political system. As a moderate figure in political issues, Hume disagreed with the basic characteristics of the monarchic republican model called mixed in effect in the English nation, which according to Hume, favored recurring crises, oscillating between the two forms monarchy and republic - without focusing on one in particular. This system permitted that private interests enter in juxtaposition to collective ones, through the parliamentarians. Hume works with the interpretations of the authors of his time, and deepens the political issue with his own originality. Similar to the Florentine perspective, Hume suggests the effective monarchy as the way to put an end to the deficiencies of the system. It is necessary, however, to identify certain features (human nature, history, faction, trade), because Hume did not leave these marks in an evident way. Indeed, Hume seems to disguise the conceptual itinerary that associated him to his privileged interlocutor. Nevertheless he was aware that a connection would hinder somehow, a useful reading of his writings, as a result of the prejudice and of the negative criticisms that were attached to the Italian thinker
Procura-se identificar a presença do pensamento de Niccolò Machiavelli nos escritos de David Hume, ambos teóricos do realismo político. Tendo os escritos de Maquiavel circulado na Inglaterra do século XVIII, torna-se plausível afirmar que os pósteros do Florentino tenham se inspirado em novas construções políticas a partir de suas leituras. No caso de Hume, os conceitos dos humanistas e renascentistas serviram como ferramentas necessárias para embasar suas críticas ao sistema político britânico. Como um moderado em assuntos de política, ele estava em desacordo com as características do modelo monárquico republicano, denominado misto, vigente na nação inglesa que, segundo ele, favorece crises recorrentes à medida que oscila entre duas formas, monarquia e república, sem se fixar em uma determinada. Tal sistema permite que os interesses particulares justaponham aos coletivos, através dos parlamentares. Hume parte das interpretações dos autores de sua época e aprofunda com originalidade a política. De modo semelhante ao Florentino, aponta a monarquia efetiva como o caminho para findar as deficiências do sistema. É preciso, contudo, identificar estes traços (natureza humana, história, facção, comércio), pois ele não deixou estas marcas evidentes. Em verdade, Hume parece disfarçar o itinerário conceitual que o associava ao seu interlocutor privilegiado. Tinha, todavia, consciência de que essa ligação dificultaria, de algum modo, a leitura profícua de seus escritos, em virtude do preconceito e da crítica negativa que estava adstrita ao pensador italiano