What is it about?
Lothar Kreimendahl's book investigates the basic principles of David Hume's philosophy. Hume (1711-1776) never defined the principles upon which his philosophy was based, except to affirm that they were empirical in nature. Kreimendahl's book argues that they in fact stem from the rationalist tradition.
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Why is it important?
According to Kreimendahl, Hume adopted rationalist arguments from Descartes and Leibniz as well as theological from Tillotson without becoming aware of the inconsistencies and even contradictions thus entailed.
Perspectives
While Hume claimed to be skeptical about everything else, he never was about his own philosophical positions.
Hamilton Beck
Moscow University of Information Technology
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This page is a summary of: Humes verborgener Rationalismus (review), Journal of the History of Philosophy, April 1985, Project Muse,
DOI: 10.1353/hph.1985.0021.
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