The Great Skeptic
David Hume
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A Scottish philosopher and historian who argued that our beliefs about causes rest on custom, not reason, and that morality springs from sentiment.
Key work: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748)
“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.”
Key ideas, in brief (in our words)
Habit, not reason, guides most of what we expect.
Believe as strongly as the evidence allows, and no more.
An ought cannot be drawn from an is alone.
Read more: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
On the climb
Is and OughtThe Watch on the HeathTaste and DisagreementExtraordinary ClaimsThe TraceCustom, the Guide of LifeTrusting Others
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