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...

Philosophers have long disagreed about whether poetry, drama, and other literary arts are important to philosophy; and among those who believe that they are important, explanations of that importance have differed greatly. This paper aims to explain and illustrate some of the reasons why Hume found literature to be an important topic for philosophy and philosophers. Philosophy, he holds, can he...

The issue of time-awareness presents a critical challenge for empiricism: if temporal properties are not directly perceived, how do we become aware of them? A unique empiricist account of time-awareness suggested by Hume’s comments on time in the Treatise avoids the problems characteristic of other empiricist accounts. Hume’s theory, however, has some counter-intuitive consequences. The failure...