Hume’s contribution to modern economics is normally thought of in terms of his early statement of the quantity theory of money, and to a lesser extent his views on trade and development. At a methodological level the influence from his empiricism is commonly traced to the development of econometrics. But if we explore his philosophy more fully, we find a much richer set of ideas which can illum...

But t h a t t h i s i n f e r e n c e i s e r roneous , I s h a l l endeavor t o make appear, f i r s t , by p r o v i n g , t h a t ' t i s u t t e r l y i m p o s s i b l e t o conce ive any q u a n t i t y or q u a l i t y , w i t h o u t forming a p r e c i s e n o t i o n of i t s degrees : And second1 by showing, t h a t t ho ' t h e c a p a c i t y o f t h e mind ?e n o t i n f i n i t e...

En este ensayo me propongo hacer ver que hay tres tópicos filosóficos en relación con los cuales Hume y Wittgenstein defienden básicamente la misma posición. Por otra parte, sin embargo, tengo señalar ab initioque el acercamiento convergencia se pueden discernir entre ellos son prácticamente tangenciales no ser llevados demasiado lejos por sencilla razón de llegan a posición común vías totalmen...

This article presents a critical bibliographic review of the central characteristics Hume's Theory Passions and Emotions, which conceived philosophy human nature as an analytical experimental science. view is contrary to ancient medieval ideas that passions were movements lower parts soul. For Hume, in general are among perceptions mind, although they also serve motivations act even reason.&nbs...