A Treatise of Human Nature: David Hume´s Philosophy

Before mentioning Hume's philosophy, the easiest way to explain the concept of empiricism seems to be the most appropriate. Before Immanuel Conde conquered transcendental idealism, the school of epistemological thought was divided into rationalism and the above empiricism. The former thinks that knowledge is congenital and logic and reason is the main way to acquire knowledge. Instead, experientists believe that knowledge is based on senses and experiences; in essence, humans are whiteboards.

In his work "Humanity theory", David Hume divides virtues into two categories, artificial virtue and natural virtue. Hume pointed out that courage is a natural virtue in paper. Among the paper's "pride and humility, its purpose and cause", Hume clearly shows that courage is the cause of pride. Witness, goodwill, learning, courage, justice, honesty, all these are the reasons for pride, and the opposite of their humility.

In the introduction of "humanity", Mr. Hume states as follows. "It is clear that all sciences are more or less related to human nature," he says, "Human science is also" the only solid foundation of other science ", and a logical discussion on the scientific approach Said that the experience and observation as a foundation of it is necessary. In this aspect of Hume's thinking, the philosophical historian Frederic Coptstone says that the purpose of Hume is to apply human science to the method of experimental philosophy (which means the term of natural philosophy), and " "It is a methodological extension to extend the summary to Newtonian physics."

David Hume stated that Bacon is famous for introducing human essays. He acknowledged that "late British philosophers" including Rock, Shaftesbury, Mandeville, Hutchison and Butler began to make human science a new foothold. (Hume 1978: xvii). As Bacon once advocated "rebuilding" science, Hume urged the necessity of "reform" in "human science"; this issue may be "more important" than in natural philosophy ( Hume 1978: xvii). Indeed, Hume further stepped forward, suggesting that "human science is the only solid foundation of other sciences", including mathematics, natural philosophy and natural religion, the former suggests that human science dependent on other sciences I am researching. (Hume 1978: xvi)