Anyone that knows Humean (David Hume) philosophy help me out here? Is it Humean to feel sceptical?

Bonus points if you tie Millians in your explanation some how.

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Anyone that knows Humean (David Hume) philosophy help me out here? Is it Humean to feel sceptical? 

Bonus points if you tie Millians in your explanation some how.

nincompoop · Answer

yes

nincompoop · Answer

Hume proposed critical ways of investigating phenomenon. You need to indicate which Mill.  The intersection of John Stuart Mill and David Hume's philosophy lies not in skeptical inquiry.

nincompoop · Answer

BUT if you are talking about utilitarianism, then that is easy!

opcode · Answer

Hume proposed critical ways of investigating phenomenon? In what way? Did it cover things that a naturally non-falsifiable (or is that irrelevant here)? As for J.S. Mill it was just noted in the footnotes, so as Wright so I though they must somehow be related.

nincompoop · Answer

IT STARTS with this http://www.sophia-project.org/uploads/1/3/9/5/13955288/hume_skepticismsenses.pdf

opcode · Answer

Correct me if I am going wrong here, but what is being said is that Hume thought sensory perception was valuable (which is unlike Descartes), correct?

nincompoop · Answer

I wouldn't put it that way.  Senses perception has a great deal of unreliability is the proper way to put it.

nincompoop · Answer

If you read carefully the abstract or intro in italics, this was almost a continuation of Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

nincompoop · Answer

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