Treatise of Human Nature
David Hume
Appears in 26 ideas
Ethics/Politics
Epistemology/Philosophy of Mind
Natural Philosophy
Metaphysics/Psychology
Ethics
Metaphysics
- CauseWhat does it mean for one thing to cause another, and how many kinds of cause are there?
- One and ManyIs reality ultimately one or many, and how do unity and plurality hang together?
- RelationDo things exist in themselves, or only in their connections to other things?
- Same and OtherWhat makes things the same, and what makes them different?
- QualityAre the qualities we perceive in things real properties of nature, or projections of the mind?
Epistemology
- KnowledgeWhat can we know, and how do we come to know it?
- LanguageIs language a natural expression of thought or a conventional system that shapes what we can think?
- WillIs the will free, and if so, what is the nature of its freedom?
- ExperienceIs experience the source of all knowledge, or does the mind bring something of its own?
- Memory and ImaginationHow do memory and imagination extend experience beyond the present, and what do they reveal about the mind?
- OpinionHow does opinion differ from knowledge, and what authority does it deserve?
- PhilosophyWhat is philosophy, and what is its value for human life?
- IdeaWhat is an idea, and how does it relate to the things we claim to know?
- JudgmentWhat is it for the mind to affirm or deny, and how do we distinguish sound judgment from error?
Logic & Method
- LogicWhat are the rules that govern valid reasoning, and is logic a science, an art, or both?
- InductionHow does the mind move from observed particulars to universal truths, and can this move ever be rationally justified?
- Universal and ParticularDo universals exist independently of particular things, or are they only names we apply to collections of similar individuals?