PHL100Y1 Lecture 27: Hume
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Foundationalism- (in order to be sure of what you assert you hve to base it on solid foundations) Where does our knowledge come from (senses, but there is no rational way we can justify our predictions of the future based on our previous experiences) Section 1, two different manners of doing philosophy. Some "easy and obvious" philosophy address human agents, (giv e advice, exhort them to be better); Others want to figure out how the mind works. Hume"s is the 2nd "accurate and abstruse" kind. Like descartes he will finally do it properly. "accurate and just reasoning is the only catholic remedy (catholic meaning universal) The accurate and abstract (but abstruse) philosophy serves the easy and humane the anatomist is useful to the painter. Philosophy is one accession to those few safe and harmless pleasures that are bestowed on the human race- (its fun and useful) Devising theories to explain them (laws, forces)
