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Single Idea 3661

[filed under theme 11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / d. Cause of beliefs ]

Full Idea

Hume has a doctrine of "natural belief", about the sorts of things we can't help believing, in 'common' or everyday life, irrespective of our philosophical conclusions.

Gist of Idea

'Natural beliefs' are unavoidable, whatever our judgements

Source

report of David Hume (Enquiry Conc Human Understanding [1748]) by Galen Strawson - The Secret Connexion App C

Book Ref

Strawson,Galen: 'The Secret Connexion' [OUP 1992], p.275