PHILOSOPHY - Epistemology: Hume's Skepticism and Induction, Part 1 [HD]

According to the philosopher David Hume (1711-1776), absolutely everything we know falls into one of two categories: either it is a relation of ideas (e.g., 2 + 2 =4) or it is a matter of fact (e.g., the sky is blue). Daniel Greco walks us through this famous Humean distinction in preparation for examining Hume's even more famous skeptical argument against induction.

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[matokidoki]

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[shashvatshukla]

Summary:
Relations of ideas are statements that are necessarily true. All it takes to know them is understanding and thought, and it is inconceivable that they should be false.
Matters of fact rely on observation for us to see that they are true.

I guess the main idea is to make us aware of this distinction so we can better judge what we truly know

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[adigaribay]

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[rickwitten]

“I haven’t observed anything in 2016 yet.”
Lucky you! Stay there.

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[marrrkl]

I'm having exams on Hume and other Metaphysics philosophers, and that one helped me a lot

[Ihadtochooseaname]

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[Najur.]

Wow, As an Existentialist, I must say... This is the most efficient representation of the Epistemology.

[RekzaFS]

Didn't Leibniz already make this distinction with necessary and contingent truths? How is Hume's distinction any different?

[ashcookie]

Our knowledge comes from matter of fact which means that we know factual knowledge about the world without self contradictory, therefore matters of fact is the most reasonable explanation for knowledge and how we know what we know.

[BillDai-exrm]

Isn't this similar in a way to the Platonic forms?

[JavierBonillaC]

The part is equal to or smaller than the whole. Would this be an operation of thought?

[nordfreiheit]

What would you say is the relationship between epistemological skepticism and the absurd?

[Iamvictor]

How does hume think we should ascertain the meaning of philosophical term??

[adcaptandumvulgus]

Okay to play devil's advocate what if there's some being that as soon as you form two lines and you form the third line for a triangle the first line disappears there's your two line triangle. It's just interpreted in a different way mine is great and filling his gaps but that's also a short coming that can be exploited obviously pros and cons, am I right?

[MrBomoro]

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Best from Germany
Alex