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Does this difficulty with philosophical enquiry compared with natural sciences still exist?
When I am at a loss to know the effects of one body upon another in any situation, I need only put them in that situation, and observe what results from it. But should I endeavour to clear up after ...
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What does Hume mean when he relates association of ideas to languages?
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Hume's brief section is about how ideas have regular structure. Your passage mentions languages, but the reading should be broader. Some might restrict themselves in reading this passage ...
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What does Hume mean when he relates association of ideas to languages?
Consider the reconstruction of proto Indo-European numerals by modern linguists. Such reconstruction implies that the connection between modern languages and their forebears was less well understood ...
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