Of Scepticism and Other Systems of Philosophy

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philosophical text section work of epistemology

"Of Scepticism and Other Systems of Philosophy" is a section in David Hume’s *A Treatise of Human Nature* where he examines skeptical doubts about human knowledge and critiques competing philosophical systems.

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Label	Occurrences
Humean skepticism	1
Of Scepticism and Other Systems of Philosophy canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	philosophical text section ⓘ work of epistemology ⓘ
argues	that belief arises from custom rather than reason alone ⓘ that human knowledge is limited to experience ⓘ that probability guides most human reasoning ⓘ that radical skepticism is practically unsustainable ⓘ
author	David Hume ⓘ
century	18th century ⓘ
concerns	the justification of inductive inference ⓘ the reliability of the senses ⓘ the scope of human reason ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Great Britain ⓘ
critiques	dogmatic metaphysics ⓘ excessive philosophical skepticism ⓘ rationalist proofs of necessary connection ⓘ
discusses	Cartesian skepticism ⓘ Pyrrhonian skepticism ⓘ association of ideas ⓘ belief and assent ⓘ custom and habit ⓘ empiricism ⓘ probability ⓘ rationalism ⓘ
examines	the psychological basis of belief ⓘ the role of imagination in reasoning ⓘ the tension between common life and philosophical doubt ⓘ
influenced	analytic philosophy of knowledge ⓘ later empiricist epistemology ⓘ modern discussions of skepticism ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	A Treatise of Human Nature ⓘ surface form: Book 1 of A Treatise of Human Nature
mainTheme	critique of rationalist systems ⓘ limits of human understanding ⓘ nature of belief ⓘ problem of induction ⓘ relation between reason and custom ⓘ skeptical doubts about human knowledge ⓘ
partOf	A Treatise of Human Nature ⓘ
philosophicalPosition	moderate or mitigated skepticism ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	empiricism ⓘ skepticism ⓘ
relatedWork	An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ surface form: Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
subjectArea	early modern philosophy ⓘ epistemology ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ

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Book 1: Of the Understanding → hasSection → Of Scepticism and Other Systems of Philosophy ⓘ

Scottish Common Sense Realism → opposes → Of Scepticism and Other Systems of Philosophy ⓘ

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