Ainslie, Donald C. · 1999
Scepticism About Persons in Book II of Humes Treatise
Ainslie, Donald C. (1999). “Scepticism About Persons in Book II of Humes Treatise.” Journal of the History of Philosophy 37(3): 469–492.
73
citations of the Treatise
280
paragraphs reached
7%
focus on the core paragraphs
4.44
surprise of rarest citation
Ranges beyond the core passages and cites something rare.
Theme mix
Self and the passions 71%Causation and the Appendix problem 27%Body and the external world 0%Immateriality of the soul 2%
Themes are fitted on citations outside 1.4.6 and the Appendix, which nearly every paper cites.
Its rarest citations
- T 1.3.14.17 n31 11 other papers reach it
- T 3.3.1.23 2 other papers reach it
- T 3.3.1.31 2 other papers reach it
Nearest papers
- GalIagher 1992 similarity 0.75
The Theater of Personal Identity From Hume to Derrida - Ware 2014 similarity 0.66
Consciousness and Personal Identity - Penelhum 1992 similarity 0.62
The Self of Book 1 and the Selves of Book 2 - Ainslie 2003 similarity 0.61
Review Hume, a Scottish Socrates? - Henderson 1990 similarity 0.60
David Hume on Personal Identity and the Indirect Passions
Against the corpus
Where it cites the Treatise
Fewer citesmorenot citedone of the 15 core paragraphsfootnote
Book 1: Of the Understanding
Part 1: Of Ideas, their Origin, Composition, Connexion, Abstraction, &c
Part 3: Of knowledge and probability
Part 4: Of the Sceptical and other systems of philosophy
Book 2: Of the Passions
Part 1: Of Pride and Humility
Part 2: Of love and hatred
Part 3: Of the will and direct passions
Book 3: Of Morals
Part 1: Of Virtue and Vice in general
Part 2: Of justice and injustice
Part 3: Of the other virtues and vices
Appendix
Abstract
The evidence
Every citation the pipeline accepted, with the words around it. “Citation pattern” means a standard Norton or Selby-Bigge reference; “quote matched” means the quoted words were found in the Treatise at that page; “checked by model” means a language model judged an ambiguous page number to be a Treatise citation.
| Cited as | Maps to | Context |
|---|---|---|
| (T 659) Citation pattern | Abstract (2 paragraphs) | … tells us that Book II "contains opinions that are al together as new and ext raordinary" (T 659) as those found in B… |
| I.iv.6 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (24 paragraphs) | …persons. This is not the scepticism about persons that we find in "Of personal identity" (I.iv.6), where Hume argues… |
| (T 277) Citation pattern | T 2.1.1.4 to T 2.1.2.3 (4 paragraphs) | …n love and hat red; Hume calls the person in quest ion the object of the indirect passion (T 277). (Direct passions, … |
| (T 278, 285, 286, 289) Citation pattern | T 2.1.2.3 to T 2.1.5.11 (11 paragraphs) | …passion which we find pleasant or painful independent ly of its connect ion to the object (T 278, 285, 286, 289).5 And thus for the … |
| (T 285) Citation pattern | T 2.1.5 (3 paragraphs) | … the passion; their ideas mus t be related in the mind of the person feel ing the passion (T 285). (In order for some… |
| (T 280, 286) Citation pattern | T 2.1.3.1 to T 2.1.5.5 (7 paragraphs) | …ion of pleasure or pain that constitutes the passion itself. And by "an original quality" (T 280, 286) of the mind, our vi… |
| (T 279) Citation pattern | T 2.1.2 (2 paragraphs) | …leasing aspect of the cause, and the subject, the cause insofar as it bears the qual i ty (T 279). Thi s dist inct io… |
| (T 286) Citation pattern | T 2.1.5 (3 paragraphs) | …e ideas of mysel f and of the house (the causal relat ion of ownership) , is "conver ted" (T 286) into the resembl in… |
| (T 448) Citation pattern | T 2.3.9.31 to T 2.3.10.2 (4 paragraphs) | …or someone on the basis of some of her or his qualities falls under one of these headings (T 448). Hume makes no real… |
| (T 575) Citation pattern | T 3.3.1 (5 paragraphs) | …us, which causes love or pride; and any one vicious, which causes hat red or humi l i ty" (T 575). Virtue and vice ar… |
| (T 295) Citation pattern | T 2.1.7 (4 paragraphs) | …desc r i bes v i r t ue and vi ce as t he "mos t obv i ous causes of t hese pas s i ons " (T 295) and as i nc l uded … |
| (T 303) Citation pattern | T 2.1.8.8 to T 2.1.9.1 (3 paragraphs) | … " (T 295) and as i nc l uded among t he i r "na t ur a l and mor e immed i a t e causes" (T 303) . And later he says… |
| (T 473) Citation pattern | T 3.1.2 (3 paragraphs) | …os t cons i de r ab l e e f f ec t tha t v i r t ue and vi ce have upon t he human mi nd" (T 473) . I t is unden i ab… |
| (T 296) Citation pattern | T 2.1.7 (3 paragraphs) | … ly of pr ide and humi l i ty, which are the unavoidable at tendants of that distinction. (T 296) ~~ Hume ' s po i n… |
| (T 326) Citation pattern | T 2.1.12 (4 paragraphs) | … that Hume thinks that animals have the indirect passions without having moral sentiments (T 326) raises a problem fo… |
| (T 326) Citation pattern | T 2.1.12 (4 paragraphs) | …vey" which is necessary to discern the "qualiues of mind" that cause the moral sentiments (T 326), Ardal is rightly u… |
| II.ii.6 Citation pattern | T 2.2.6 (6 paragraphs) | …ndirect passions of love and hatred have practical effects (namely, benevolence or anger [II.ii.6, T 382, etc.]), the… |
| (T 586) Citation pattern | T 3.3.1 (2 paragraphs) | …nevolence or anger [II.ii.6, T 382, etc.]), the moral sentiments need not move one to act (T 586) ("/krdal," 292 ). B… |
| (T 367-8) Citation pattern | T 2.2.6.2 to T 2.2.7.1 (6 paragraphs) | … a considerable time, without our reflecting on the happiness or misery of their objects" (T 367-8). And he is also wil… |
| (T 591) Citation pattern | T 3.3.1 (2 paragraphs) | …o willing to say that benevolence or anger are regular attendants of the moral sentiments (T 591). fitrdal points to … |
| (T 296) Citation pattern | T 2.1.7 (3 paragraphs) | …self-interest or education (T 295 ) and the second of which sees it as "real" and natural (T 296); either way, he con… |
| (T 602) Citation pattern | T 3.3.2.17 to T 3.3.3.2 (4 paragraphs) | … or vices, to the i r possessor : "We approve of his charac t er , and love his pe r son" (T 602) when we recogni ze … |
| (T 349, 411,477) Citation pattern | T 2.2.3.4 to T 3.2.1.3 (7 paragraphs) | …assages where Hume says that it is impossible to assess actions independently in this way (T 349, 411,477) Hearn takes the pl… |
| (T 276) Citation pattern | T 2.1.1 (3 paragraphs) | …mamfestations, tend to occur violently), Hume describes our evaluations as generally calm (T 276). Loeb classifies th… |
| (T 457) Citation pattern | T 3.1.1 (5 paragraphs) | …s direct. At any rate, Hume thinks that the moral sentiments are able to influence action (T 457), and thus they must… |
| III.i.2 Citation pattern | T 3.1.2 (12 paragraphs) | …. In the primary portions of the text where he presents his own view of moral evaluation, III.i.2 and III.iti, he use… |
| (T 575, 581, 582, 584, 592) Citation pattern | T 3.3.1.3 to T 3.3.2.2 (14 paragraphs) | …ntal qualities" (T 574, 575, 577, 578, 579, 58a, 587, 59 ~ 591, 598, 6o6, 618), "persons" (T 575, 581, 582, 584, 592), "acUons" (T 471, 4… |
| (T 471, 472, 475, 614, 617) Citation pattern | T 3.1.2.2 to T 3.3.5.6 (12 paragraphs) | … 579, 58a, 587, 59 ~ 591, 598, 6o6, 618), "persons" (T 575, 581, 582, 584, 592), "acUons" (T 471, 472, 475, 614, 617). We can conc l ude… |
| (T 289) Citation pattern | T 2.1.5 (3 paragraphs) | …a t i on def ini t ive of the i nd i r ec t pass ions are "in a manne r i nsepa r ab l e" (T 289). Since it is no t p… |
| (T 317-318) Citation pattern | T 2.1.11 (7 paragraphs) | …uch tha t we au t oma t i ca l l y come to feel wha t o t he r s a round us are fee l ing (T 317-318) . As he says in the… |
| (T 618) Citation pattern | T 3.3.6 (2 paragraphs) | …f mora l s , it is " sympa t hy [that] is the chi ef source of mor a l di s t inc t ions" (T 618) , because sympa t h… |
| I.iii.6 Citation pattern | T 1.3.6 (16 paragraphs) | …ted in the past; it cannot tell us that they will continue to be connected in the future (I.iii.6). He concludes that… |
| (T 165-167) Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (8 paragraphs) | …s turns out to be a project ion onto them of our mind's tendency to associate their ideas (T 165-167) . Now, given that … |
| (T 302) Citation pattern | T 2.1.8 (2 paragraphs) | …e r f ea t ur es tha t seem inc ident a l to us are "in a manne r sepa r a t ed f rom us" (T 302). Throughou t Books… |
| (T 411) Citation pattern | T 2.3.2 (2 paragraphs) | … d someone r espons i b l e for an act ion we mus t r ecogn i ze it as be i ng "inf ixed" (T 411) upon h im in such a… |
| (T 349) Citation pattern | T 2.2.3 (2 paragraphs) | …at "we can neve r t h i nk of h im wi t hou t ref l ec t ing on . . . [the] qual i t ies" (T 349) f rom wh i ch the a… |
| (T 352) Citation pattern | T 2.2.4 (3 paragraphs) | …ne i ghbour s , those of the same t rade , profess ion , and even name wi th our se lves" (T 352) - -we love he r me … |
| (T 318) Citation pattern | T 2.1.11 (5 paragraphs) | …cu l i a r s imi lar i ty in our manne r s , or charac t er , or count ry , or l anguage" (T 318) . Hume i n t roduce… |
| (T 581-582) Citation pattern | T 3.3.1 (4 paragraphs) | … I I in orde r to cor rec t for this di s tor t ion of our sympa t he t i c t endenc i es (T 581-582) . Given tha t Hume… |
| I.i.6 Citation pattern | T 1.1.6 (3 paragraphs) | …mon causal source (and this not ion of a causal source is itself fictional Hume tells us [I.i.6; cf. I.iv.3] ). Wha… |
| I.iv.3 Citation pattern | T 1.4.3 (11 paragraphs) | …source (and this not ion of a causal source is itself fictional Hume tells us [I.i.6; cf. I.iv.3] ). Wha t wou l d e… |
| (T 277) Citation pattern | T 2.1.1.4 to T 2.1.2.3 (4 paragraphs) | …as and impr es s i on , of wh i ch we have an i n t ima t e memory and consc i ousnes s " (T 277) . ~' Can thi s f i … |
| I.iv.6 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (24 paragraphs) | … have formu l a t ed any t h i ng like the "true idea" f rom "Of pe r sona l ident i ty" (I.iv.6). Hume ' s po i n t… |
| (T 252) Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (3 paragraphs) | …ssary to think of thei r mi nds as "bundles or col lect ions of di f ferent percept ions" (T 252). 24 Th i rd , even … |
| (T 287) Citation pattern | T 2.1.5 (3 paragraphs) | … t ead he says that pr ide leads us to "think of our own qual i t ies of ci rcums tances" (T 287); it "cause[s] us to… |
| (T 303) Citation pattern | T 2.1.8.8 to T 2.1.9.1 (3 paragraphs) | …f ci rcums tances" (T 287); it "cause[s] us to form an idea of our mer i t and character" (T 303).25 2~ Also: "[T] h… |
| (T 286) Citation pattern | T 2.1.5 (3 paragraphs) | …at individual person, of whose actions and sentiments each of us is intimately conscious" (T 286). "As the immediate … |
| (T 399) Citation pattern | T 2.3.1 (3 paragraphs) | …ed is some other person, of whose thoughts, actions, and sensations we are not conscious" (T 399). Note that there i… |
| (T 277) Citation pattern | T 2.1.1.4 to T 2.1.2.3 (4 paragraphs) | …sion of related ideas and impressions" in the official definition or" the object of pride (T 277), then, points to th… |
| (T 399) Citation pattern | T 2.3.1 (3 paragraphs) | …then, points to the perceptions we experience during the duration of our feeling of pride (T 399). 22 This view is e… |
| (T 251 , 953 , 259, 260, 262) Citation pattern | T 1.4.5.35 to T 1.4.6.21 (9 paragraphs) | …ion on personal identity Hume uses the terms 'self' (T 25x, 259, 253, 954, 262), 'person' (T 251 , 953 , 259, 260, 262), and 'soul' (T 254,… |
| (T 254, 261) Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (5 paragraphs) | …ms 'self' (T 25x, 259, 253, 954, 262), 'person' (T 251 , 953 , 259, 260, 262), and 'soul' (T 254, 261) as synonyms for 'mi… |
| (T 633-636) Citation pattern | T 1.3.14.12 to App. 22 (16 paragraphs) | …identity "as it regards our thought or the imagination" in the "Appendix" to the Treatise (T 633-636) without seeing the … |
| (T 293) Citation pattern | T 2.1.6 (3 paragraphs) | …ea of mind from T 261. ~sAlso: when feeling pride, we "infer an excellency in ourselves" (T 293); people '~ludge the… |
| (T 251-2) Citation pattern | T 1.4.5.35 to T 1.4.6.4 (5 paragraphs) | … of ourselves, for when he enters "most inumately" into himself he finds only perceptions (T 251-2); when he explains t… |
| II.iii.3 Citation pattern | T 2.3.3 (10 paragraphs) | …reas the former , as a merely theoretical belief, can have no practical impor t for Hume (II.iii.3), the latter, as a … |
| (T 253) Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (3 paragraphs) | …ay of registering what matters to him; it engages with the "concern we take in ourselves" (T 253). The fact that the … |
| (T 415) Citation pattern | T 2.3.3 (3 paragraphs) | …lating Hume ' s doctrine that "reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions" (T 415). Note that it does… |
| II.i.6 Citation pattern | T 2.1.6 (11 paragraphs) | …ome fur t he r qual ificat ions, not ably in the Sect ion "Limi tat ions of this System" (II.i.6), where he says tha… |
| (T 316) Citation pattern | T 2.1.10.12 to T 2.1.11.2 (3 paragraphs) | …be sus t a ined only if it is "seconded by the sen t imen t s and op i n i ons of others" (T 316) t hrough sympathy. … |
| (T 332) Citation pattern | T 2.2.1.9 to T 2.2.2.1 (2 paragraphs) | …cessful ly ma i n t a i n i ng a whol ly idiosyncra t i c se l f - concep t i on "absurd" (T 332) . Someone mi gh t t… |
| (T 291, 293) Citation pattern | T 2.1.6 (7 paragraphs) | … "closely connec t ed" and compa r ab l e in dur a t i on to the obj ec t of the pass ion (T 291, 293). Wha t makes these … |
| (T 291) Citation pattern | T 2.1.6 (4 paragraphs) | …se tha t are "pecul i ar to ourselves , or at leas t common to us wi th a few pe r sons " (T 291). Hume ' s po i n t … |
| (T 481) Citation pattern | T 3.2.1 (2 paragraphs) | …t he r humans or ra t iona l crea tures . We canno t love o t he r s me r e l y as humans (T 481) , because be ing hu… |
| (T 482) Citation pattern | T 3.2.1 (4 paragraphs) | …n China; and pe rhaps a man wou'd be be l ov'd as such, were we to mee t him in the moon" (T 482) . And also, whi le … |
| (T 146-7) Citation pattern | T 1.3.13 (6 paragraphs) | …man, however , we should recognize that our general rule has been formulated incorrect ly (T 146-7) . The relevant feat… |
| (T 293) Citation pattern | T 2.1.6 (3 paragraphs) | …s that generalizations connected with the indirect passions go beyond their 'Just bounds" (T 293)- After all, why mus… |
| (T 293-4) Citation pattern | T 2.1.6.7 to T 2.1.7.1 (5 paragraphs) | …it . . . . [C]ustom and pract ice. . , have settled the just value of every thing . . . . (T 293-4) In the "Abstract" … |
| (T 163) Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (3 paragraphs) | … of his system.~4 34Hurne also calls the idea of a necessary connection an "enlargement" (T 163). We can now see wh… |
| II.i.7 Citation pattern | T 2.1.7 (8 paragraphs) | …tures that t end to be taken up into our concept ions of one another : vi r tue and vice (II.i.7); bodi ly features,… |
| II.i.8 Citation pattern | T 2.1.8 (9 paragraphs) | … another : vi r tue and vice (II.i.7); bodi ly features, such as "beauty and deformi ty" (II.i.8); "external advant … |
| II.i.9 Citation pattern | T 2.1.9 (14 paragraphs) | …u i pages " (T 3o3), one' s fami ly hi s tory (T 3o7) or coun t ry (T 3o6), and the like (II.i.9); and "prope r t y … |
| III.i.1 Citation pattern | T 3.1.1 (30 paragraphs) | …uments about moral judgement in the Section "Moral distinctions not deriv'd from reason" (III.i.1) take on a new ligh… |