Cottrell, Jonathan · 2015
Minds, Composition, and Humes Skepticism in the Appendix
Cottrell, Jonathan (2015). “Minds, Composition, and Humes Skepticism in the Appendix.” Philosophical Review 124(4): 533–569.
208
citations of the Treatise
237
paragraphs reached
34%
focus on the core paragraphs
3.36
surprise of rarest citation
Ranges beyond the core passages, through commonly cited ones.
Theme mix
Self and the passions 2%Causation and the Appendix problem 36%Body and the external world 42%Immateriality of the soul 20%
Themes are fitted on citations outside 1.4.6 and the Appendix, which nearly every paper cites.
Its rarest citations
- T 2.1.10.9 2 other papers reach it
- T 2.1.10.4 1 other papers reach it
- T 1.3.14.34 10 other papers reach it
Nearest papers
- Humber 1995 similarity 0.88
Humes Invisible Self - Nathanson 1976 similarity 0.85
Humes Second Thoughts on the Self - Coventry 2008 similarity 0.81
Review P. J. E. Kail, Projection and Realism in Humes Philosophy - Strawson 2012 similarity 0.79
All My Hopes Vanish Hume on the Mind - Ainslie 2008 similarity 0.79
Hume on Personal Identity
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 2: Of the ideas of space and time
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
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 |
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| T 1.4.6.4, 1 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (2 paragraphs) | …ction, or system of perceptions 1 that lacks "strict and proper identity and simplicity" (T 1.4.6.4, 1.4.6.19, Abs 28, App… |
| Abs 28 Citation pattern | Abs. 28 | …erceptions 1 that lacks "strict and proper identity and simplicity" (T 1.4.6.4, 1.4.6.19, Abs 28, App 10; SBN 253, 2… |
| App 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | …ns 1 that lacks "strict and proper identity and simplicity" (T 1.4.6.4, 1.4.6.19, Abs 28, App 10; SBN 253, 261, 657-… |
| T 1.4.6.5-22 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (18 paragraphs) | …, is prone to believe-that his or her mind has strict and proper identity and simplicity (T 1.4.6.5-22; SBN 253-63). 3 Les… |
| T App 1 Citation pattern | App. 1 | …an appendix, where he confesses to finding a "very considerable mistake" in this section (T App 1, App 10; SBN 623, 6… |
| App 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | …ix, where he confesses to finding a "very considerable mistake" in this section (T App 1, App 10; SBN 623, 633). "I … |
| T App 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | …hat I neither know how to correct my former opinions, nor how to render them consistent" (T App 10; SBN 633). He there… |
| T App 21 Citation pattern | App. 21 | …vilege of a sceptic, and confess, that this difficulty is too hard for my understanding" (T App 21; SBN 636). But Hume… |
| T App 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | …eat to skepticism is motivated by counterbalancing "arguments on both sides" of an issue (T App 10; SBN 633). On one s… |
| T App 10-19 Citation pattern | Appendix (10 paragraphs) | …e are his previous arguments that a mind lacks strict and proper identity and simplicity (T App 10-19; SBN 63335). I argu… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …perceptions are distinct existences, they form a whole only by being connected together" (T App 20; SBN 635). Therefor… |
| T App 21 Citation pattern | App. 21 | …d some way to disarm one of the counterbalancing sets of arguments that he has presented (T App 21; SBN 636). In secti… |
| T App 10-21 Citation pattern | Appendix (12 paragraphs) | …e of the Appendix Hume's second thoughts about minds take up twelve Appendix paragraphs (T App 10-21; SBN 633-36). Comme… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | … "the principles, that unite our successive perceptions in our thought or consciousness" (T App 20; SBN 635-36). As Ba… |
| TApp 21 Citation pattern | App. 21 | …stences, and that the mind never perceives any real connexion among distinct existences" (TApp 21; SBN 636; italics i… |
| TApp 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | …'d me to deny the strict and proper identity and simplicity of a self or thinking being. (TApp 10; SBN 633; italics i… |
| SBN 66 Citation pattern | T 1.2.6 (4 paragraphs) | …epts a form of ideas"), and (iii) his claim that "consciousness never deceives" (E 7.13; SBN 66; see also T 1.4.2.7… |
| T 1.4.2.7 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2.7 | …deas"), and (iii) his claim that "consciousness never deceives" (E 7.13; SBN 66; see also T 1.4.2.7; SBN 190). Hence, o… |
| T App 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | … to Don Garrett (2011, 22). 10. McIntyre 2009 and Swain 2006 emphasize the importance of T App 10, in particular, for… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …ze the importance of T App 10, in particular, for understanding Hume's second thoughts in T App 20 and 21. ## J ONATH… |
| T App 11-19 Citation pattern | Appendix (9 paragraphs) | …ence in them). Accordingly, the following eleven paragraphs fall into two groups. First, T App 11-19 present a mixture o… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …esent a mixture of old and new arguments for Hume's qualified metaphysical claim. Second, T App 20 and 21 (the two par… |
| T App 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | …unt "very defective" and try to explain why. They conclude with the skeptical upshot that T App 10 had advertised: Hum… |
| TApp 21 Citation pattern | App. 21 | …nt about the matter-"and confess, that this difficulty is too hard for my understanding" (TApp 21; SBN 636). This su… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | … difficulty is too hard for my understanding" (TApp 21; SBN 636). This suggests that, in T App 20 and 21, Hume means … |
| T 1.4.3.5, 1 Citation pattern | T 1.4.3 (2 paragraphs) | … as he sometimes says, "perfect") simplicity, Hume means the lack of "co-existent parts" (T 1.4.3.5, 1.4.6.22; SBN 221, 26… |
| SBN 221, 263 Citation pattern | T 1.4.3.5 to T 1.4.7.1 (5 paragraphs) | …, "perfect") simplicity, Hume means the lack of "co-existent parts" (T 1.4.3.5, 1.4.6.22; SBN 221, 263). 11 For him, then,… |
| T 1.1.7.18 Citation pattern | T 1.1.7.18 | …tions of reason, he seems to attribute a kind of "simplicity" to a globe of white marble (T 1.1.7.18; SBN 25), which is … |
| T 1.4.6.22 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6.22 | …at is "perfectly simple and indivisible" with one that has "different co-existent parts" (T 1.4.6.22). In this section, … |
| TApp 16 Citation pattern | App. 16 | …n below the life of an oyster" and to have "only one perception, as of thirst or hunger" (TApp 16; SBN 634). As Garre… |
| T 1.4.2 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2 (65 paragraphs) | …of identity. Let me therefore explain. For him, "identity" is just identity through time (T 1.4.2.2630; SBN 200-201).… |
| SBN 200-201 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2 (8 paragraphs) | …et me therefore explain. For him, "identity" is just identity through time (T 1.4.2.2630; SBN 200-201). He distinguishes … |
| T 1.2.3.11 Citation pattern | T 1.2.3.11 | …T 1.4.2.2630; SBN 200-201). He distinguishes two kinds of objects that can exist in time (T 1.2.3.11; SBN 37): a "steadf… |
| T 1.4.2.29-30 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2 (2 paragraphs) | …nd proper" identity is unchangeable yet coexists with each temporal part of a succession (T 1.4.2.29-30; SBN 200 - 201). 15… |
| T 1.4.6.19 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6.19 | …to other persons, who propagate the same republic in the incessant changes of its parts" (T 1.4.6.19; SBN 261). When Hum… |
| T 1.4.2.29-30 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2 (2 paragraphs) | …his. 14. For a helpful discussion of this distinction, see Baxter 2008, chap. 3. 15. In T 1.4.2.29-30, Hume speaks only o… |
| T 1.4.6.8 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6.8 | …ty. He introduces these terms later, to express what he had previously called "identity" (T 1.4.6.8, App 10; SBN 255, 6… |
| App 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | …oduces these terms later, to express what he had previously called "identity" (T 1.4.6.8, App 10; SBN 255, 633). 16… |
| T Abs 28 Citation pattern | Abs. 28 | …have seen, however, Hume qualifies this claim, by writing "as far as we can conceive it" (T Abs 28; SBN 657). 17 There… |
| T App 19 Citation pattern | App. 19 | … saying that "we have no notion of [the mind], distinct from the particular perceptions" (T App 19; SBN 635, italics i… |
| T 1.4.6.19 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6.19 | …hat "the true idea" of a human mind represents it as a "system of different perceptions" (T 1.4.6.19; SBN 261) might see… |
| T 3.1.1.9 Citation pattern | T 3.1.1.9 | …at the relevant sense of 'true' is "agreement . . . to real existence andmatter of fact" (T 3.1.1.9; SBN 458, italics i… |
| TAbs 28 Citation pattern | Abs. 28 | …he mind, not belong to it. The mind is not a substance, in which the perceptions inhere. (TAbs 28; SBN 657-58, italic… |
| T 1.4.6.1 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6.1 | …ccording to Hume's opponents, a mind is a substance with perfect simplicity and identity (T 1.4.6.1; SBN 251), and the … |
| T 1.4.5.5-6, 1 Citation pattern | T 1.4.5 (3 paragraphs) | …tion between a mind and its perceptions is that of a substance to its modes or accidents (T 1.4.5.5-6, 1.4.6.3; SBN 233-34, … |
| SBN 233-34, 252 Citation pattern | T 1.4.5.3 to T 1.4.6.4 (8 paragraphs) | …d its perceptions is that of a substance to its modes or accidents (T 1.4.5.5-6, 1.4.6.3; SBN 233-34, 252). Hume rejects each… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …erbalancing arguments. 21 And that, in the crucial paragraphs on which commentators focus-T App 20 and 21-he means to … |
| TApp 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | … those that infect "every explication, that human reason can give of the material world" (TApp 10; SBN 633). If the "… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | … J ONATHAN COT TR E L L If these points are correct, then many recent interpretations of T App 20 and 21 are, at best… |
| TApp 11 - 19 Citation pattern | Appendix (9 paragraphs) | …ut an argument against this psychological claim would not counterbalance the arguments of TApp 11 - 19, which concern Hume… |
| T App 11-19 Citation pattern | Appendix (9 paragraphs) | …omise to "propose arguments on both sides" of an issue. 24 Others dismiss it, saying that T App 11-19 give arguments for … |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | … saying that T App 11-19 give arguments for Hume's qualified metaphysical claim, but that T App 20 and 21 give no coun… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …nst it. 25 For example, Don Garrett (2011, 21) writes, "It is left to the next paragraph [T App 20], to present the pr… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | … and proper (i.e., perfect) identity and simplicity" (italics in original). 26 Certainly, T App 20 and 21 do not expre… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …sm also applies to commentators, such as Bettcher (2009) and Swain (2006), who think that T App 20 and 21 present no p… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …logical claim from the section "Of personal identity." 23. Kenneth Winkler suggests that T App 20 and 21 raise a prob… |
| T App 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | …2009, 163-66) neither quote nor mention Hume's promise to give "arguments on both sides" (T App 10; SBN 633). McIntyre… |
| T App 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | …y do not, then Hume must have forgotten his promise to "propose arguments on both sides" (T App 10; SBN 633) by the ti… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …ise to "propose arguments on both sides" (T App 10; SBN 633) by the time he came to write T App 20 and 21 and must hav… |
| T App 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | …ng the Appendix (otherwise, he presumably would have removed the unfulfilled promise from T App 10). Of course, he cou… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | … should not accept that he did so without first trying to find an interpretation on which T App 20 and 21 do express a… |
| TApp 11-19 Citation pattern | Appendix (9 paragraphs) | …erpretation on which T App 20 and 21 do express an argument that counterbalances those of TApp 11-19. In the next two se… |
| TApp 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …perceptions are distinct existences, they form a whole only by being connected together" (TApp 20; SBN 635). This sec… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …ut no connexions among distinct existences are ever discoverable by human understanding" (T App 20; SBN 635). This rec… |
| T 1.4.6.16 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6.16 | …im that we do not observe any "real bond" or "real connexion" among distinct perceptions (T 1.4.6.16; SBN 259-60). By re… |
| T 1.3.14.13 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14.13 | …cted, then it would be an "absolute impossibility" for one to exist apart from the other (T 1.3.14.13; SBN 161-62). 27 So… |
| T 1.4.6.16 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6.16 | …ole. This is because "the understanding never observes any real connexion among objects" (T 1.4.6.16; SBN 25960), or-as … |
| T App 21 Citation pattern | App. 21 | … in the Appendix-"the mind never perceives any real connexion among distinct existences" (T App 21; SBN 636). Hume thi… |
| T 1.4.2.7 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2.7 | …d he extends this claim to their "situation and relations," as well as to their "nature" (T 1.4.2.7; SBN 190; see also … |
| T 2.2.6.2 Citation pattern | T 2.2.6.2 | …eir "situation and relations," as well as to their "nature" (T 1.4.2.7; SBN 190; see also T 2.2.6.2; SBN 366). 29 It fo… |
| T 1.4.2.7 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2.7 | …deceiveus "in the situation and relations, [more] than in the nature of our impressions" (T 1.4.2.7; SBN 190, boldface … |
| T 1.4.2.7 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2.7 | …g in reality a perception, 'tis impossible any thing shou'd to feeling appear different" (T 1.4.2.7; SBN 190, italics i… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | … feel a connexion or a determination of the thought, to pass from one object to another" (T App 20; SBN 635; italics i… |
| TAbs 35 Citation pattern | Abs. 35 | …ese are the only ties of our thoughts, they really are to us the cement of the universe" (TAbs 35; SBN 662, italics i… |
| T 1.4.2.7 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2.7 | …they "must necessarily appear in every particular what they are and be what they appear" (T 1.4.2.7; SBN 190). It follo… |
| T 1.3.6.16 Citation pattern | T 1.3.6.16 | …if and only if 31. A "natural relation" is one that "produces an union among our ideas" (T 1.3.6.16; SBN 94). Resemblan… |
| T 1.1.4.1 Citation pattern | T 1.1.4.1 | …emblance, contiguity, and causation are the only three natural relations, in Hume's view (T 1.1.4.1, Abs 35; SBN 11, 66… |
| Abs 35 Citation pattern | Abs. 35 | …ontiguity, and causation are the only three natural relations, in Hume's view (T 1.1.4.1, Abs 35; SBN 11, 662; see a… |
| SBN 24 Citation pattern | T 1.1.7 (3 paragraphs) | … three natural relations, in Hume's view (T 1.1.4.1, Abs 35; SBN 11, 662; see also E 3.2; SBN 24). 32. In the Treat… |
| T 1.1.4.2 Citation pattern | T 1.1.4.2 | …i) ideas are associated when their objects stand in these relations. For example, compare T 1.1.4.2, which says that re… |
| T 1.1.4.3 Citation pattern | T 1.1.4.3 | …ns. For example, compare T 1.1.4.2, which says that resembling ideas are associated, with T 1.1.4.3, which says that re… |
| T Abs 35 Citation pattern | Abs. 35 | …nquiry, Hume is more careful: these works make it clear that (ii) is his considered view (T Abs 35; SBN 662 and E 3.3;… |
| SBN 24 Citation pattern | T 1.1.7 (3 paragraphs) | … these works make it clear that (ii) is his considered view (T Abs 35; SBN 662 and E 3.3; SBN 24). ## J ONATHAN COT… |
| T 1.1.1.11 Citation pattern | T 1.1.1.11 | …nd represents an impression; a "secondary" idea derives from and represents another idea (T 1.1.1.11; SBN 6-7; see also … |
| T 1.2.3.11, 1 Citation pattern | T 1.2.3 (2 paragraphs) | … "secondary" idea derives from and represents another idea (T 1.1.1.11; SBN 6-7; see also T 1.2.3.11, 1.3.14.6; SBN 37, 157… |
| SBN 37, 157 Citation pattern | T 1.2.3.10 to T 1.3.14.5 n28 (7 paragraphs) | …ves from and represents another idea (T 1.1.1.11; SBN 6-7; see also T 1.2.3.11, 1.3.14.6; SBN 37, 157). He also holds tha… |
| T Abs 6 Citation pattern | Abs. 6 | …SBN 37, 157). He also holds that a mind can "derive" ideas only from its own perceptions (T Abs 6; SBN 647-48). So fa… |
| T Abs 35 Citation pattern | Abs. 35 | …ther, which it cannot separate, and join, and compose into all the varieties of fiction" (T Abs 35; SBN 662). This rec… |
| T 1.1.1.2 Citation pattern | T 1.1.1.2 | …ise, of how the imagination forms complex ideas, which are wholes made up of simple ones (T 1.1.1.2; SBN 2). Again, he … |
| T 1.1.4.1 Citation pattern | T 1.1.4.1 | …gination is "free" to "unite" or "join" "all simple ideas . . . in what form it pleases" (T 1.1.4.1; SBN 10). By exerci… |
| T 1.2.2.3 Citation pattern | T 1.2.2.3 | … denomination, which the mind may apply to any quantity of objects it collects together" (T 1.2.2.3; SBN 30; italics in… |
| TAbs 35 Citation pattern | Abs. 35 | …932, 173].) ## J ONATHAN COT TR E L L ciples of association the "ties of our thoughts" (TAbs 35; SBN 662). It may s… |
| T 1.1.4.6 Citation pattern | T 1.1.4.6 | … Association is a causal relation among perceptions, 38 akin to attraction among bodies (T 1.1.4.6; SBN 12-13). Simpli… |
| TAbs 35 Citation pattern | Abs. 35 | …36. In the "Abstract," Hume writes only of "thoughts" being tied together by association (TAbs 35; SBN 662). This sug… |
| T 1.3.6.12 Citation pattern | T 1.3.6.12 | …ition from an impression to an idea involved in probable reasoning is an associative one (T 1.3.6.12; SBN 92); here, he … |
| T 2.1.4.3 Citation pattern | T 2.1.4.3 | …ions-a species of impression-can be associated with each other, due to their resemblance (T 2.1.4.3; SBN 283). If Hume … |
| T 1.1.4.1 Citation pattern | T 1.1.4.1 | … Hume sees association as a "gentle force" that "commonly," but not invariably, prevails (T 1.1.4.1; SBN 10). In other … |
| T 1.3.14.31 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14.31 | …constant conjunction among perceptions like them. Given Hume's first definition of cause (T 1.3.14.31; SBN 170), it follo… |
| T 1.3.2.6-11 Citation pattern | T 1.3.2 (6 paragraphs) | …ake; see notes 42 and 44, below. "necessary connexion" between the cause and its effect (T 1.3.2.6-11; SBN 75-77). And co… |
| T 2.3.2.4 Citation pattern | T 2.3.2.4 | … conjunction of like objects, or in the inference of the mind from the one to the other" (T 2.3.2.4; SBN 409, italics i… |
| T 1.2.6.8, 1 Citation pattern | T 1.2.6 (2 paragraphs) | … he holds that we cannot conceive of anything "specifically different" from a perception (T 1.2.6.8, 1.4.5.19; SBN 67, 241… |
| SBN 67, 241 Citation pattern | T 1.2.6.4 to T 1.4.5.19 n45 (10 paragraphs) | …not conceive of anything "specifically different" from a perception (T 1.2.6.8, 1.4.5.19; SBN 67, 241); hence we can only… |
| T 1.4.2.56 Citation pattern | T 1.2.5 (5 paragraphs) | …N 67, 241); hence we can only conceive external objects to be "a new set of perceptions" (T 1.4.2.56; SBN 218). If exter… |
| SBN 218 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2 (2 paragraphs) | …hence we can only conceive external objects to be "a new set of perceptions" (T 1.4.2.56; SBN 218). If external objec… |
| T 1.4.2.31-43 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2 (13 paragraphs) | …ption, which attributes the defining properties of a body to certain sensory impressions (T 1.4.2.31-43; SBN 201-10), and t… |
| T 1.4.2.46 - 55 Citation pattern | T 1.2.4.20 to T 1.2.5.5 (19 paragraphs) | …uses of our sensory impressions and attributes the defining properties of a body to them (T 1.4.2.46 - 55; SBN 211 - 17). He … |
| SBN 211 - 17 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2 (13 paragraphs) | …ry impressions and attributes the defining properties of a body to them (T 1.4.2.46 - 55; SBN 211 - 17). He argues that th… |
| T 1.4.2.44-45 Citation pattern | T 1.2.4 (6 paragraphs) | …r" conceive them, because none of our impressions have the defining properties of a body (T 1.4.2.44-45; SBN 210-11). But, … |
| SBN 210-11 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2 (4 paragraphs) | …m, because none of our impressions have the defining properties of a body (T 1.4.2.44-45; SBN 210-11). But, while he arg… |
| T 1.4.2.47 Citation pattern | T 1.2.4 (4 paragraphs) | …on cannot support the belief in external objects as "philosophical" people conceive them (T 1.4.2.47; SBN 212), he does … |
| SBN 212 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2 (3 paragraphs) | …pport the belief in external objects as "philosophical" people conceive them (T 1.4.2.47; SBN 212), he does not argue… |
| T 1.4.2.56 Citation pattern | T 1.2.5 (5 paragraphs) | …al causes of impressions that are themselves perception-like (a "new set of perceptions," T 1.4.2.56; SBN 218). 41. As … |
| SBN 218 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2 (2 paragraphs) | … impressions that are themselves perception-like (a "new set of perceptions," T 1.4.2.56; SBN 218). 41. As I argued … |
| T Abs 35 Citation pattern | Abs. 35 | …hat exist-are bound together only by associations among ideas that represent these parts (T Abs 35; SBN 662). I infer … |
| T 1.3.14.20 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14.20 | …s inference a "determination of the mind to pass from one object to its usual attendant" (T 1.3.14.20; SBN 165) and a "tr… |
| T 1.3.14.31 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14.31 | … its usual attendant, and from the impression of one to a more lively idea of the other" (T 1.3.14.31; SBN 170). He expla… |
| T 1.3.6.12 Citation pattern | T 1.3.6.12 | …, or transition is an example of association among perceptions of a cause and its effect (T 1.3.6.12; SBN 92). And he sa… |
| T 1.3.14.29 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14.29 | …e about them is a transition or determination to pass between ideas of these perceptions (T 1.3.14.29; SBN 169). 43 On ou… |
| TAbs 35 Citation pattern | Abs. 35 | … so far as regards the mind, in the absence of associated ideas representing these parts (TAbs 35; SBN 662). I infer … |
| T 1.1.1.11 Citation pattern | T 1.1.1.11 | …er commitments of Hume's-that one perception represents another by being derived from it (T 1.1.1.11; SBN 6-7), that der… |
| T 1.1.1.8 Citation pattern | T 1.1.1.8 | …other by being derived from it (T 1.1.1.11; SBN 6-7), that derivation involves causation (T 1.1.1.8; SBN 4-5), and that… |
| T 1.3.6.7 Citation pattern | T 1.3.6.7 | … causation (T 1.1.1.8; SBN 4-5), and that nothing is both the cause and effect of itself (T 1.3.6.7; SBN 90)-the view o… |
| T 1.2.1.2 Citation pattern | T 1.2.1.2 | …ny perceptions. Since Hume holds that no human mind contains infinitely many perceptions (T 1.2.1.2; tions are associa… |
| TAbs 35 Citation pattern | Abs. 35 | …e interpret his remark that the principles of association are the "ties of our thoughts" (TAbs 35; SBN 662)? In the T… |
| T 1.1.4.1 Citation pattern | T 1.1.4.1 | … to every one those simple ideas, which are most proper to be united into a complex one" (T 1.1.4.1; SBN 10-11), and ca… |
| T 1.1.4.7 Citation pattern | T 1.1.4.7 | …4.1; SBN 10-11), and calls complex ideas "effects of this union or association of ideas" (T 1.1.4.7; SBN 13). Similarly… |
| TAbs 35 Citation pattern | Abs. 35 | … among particular ideas, which causes the mind to conjoin them more frequently together" (TAbs 35; SBN 662). These pa… |
| SBN 26-27 Citation pattern | T 1.2.1 (4 paragraphs) | …njoin them more frequently together" (TAbs 35; SBN 662). These passages suggest that, in SBN 26-27), he will reject th… |
| T 1.2.5.20 Citation pattern | T 1.2.5.20 | …d; Hume speculates that this background mechanismmay involve animal spirits in the brain (T 1.2.5.20; SBN 60-61). Given … |
| T 1.1.1.11 Citation pattern | T 1.1.1.11 | …-61). Given Hume's views that one perception represents another by being derived from it (T 1.1.1.11; SBN 6-7) and that … |
| T Abs 6 Citation pattern | Abs. 6 | … it (T 1.1.1.11; SBN 6-7) and that a mind can derive ideas only from its own perceptions (T Abs 6; SBN 647-48), he is… |
| T 1.4.2.21 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2.21 | …this background mechanism is not itself a perception, it is not present to anyone's mind (T 1.4.2.21; SBN 197); so, pres… |
| T 1.1.1.11, 1 Citation pattern | T 1.1.1 (2 paragraphs) | …f them. We have seen that an idea represents another perception by being derived from it (T 1.1.1.11, 1.2.3.11, 1.3.14.6; S… |
| 1.3.14.6 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14.6 | …hat an idea represents another perception by being derived from it (T 1.1.1.11, 1.2.3.11, 1.3.14.6; SBN 6-7, 37, 157).… |
| T 1.1.1.8 Citation pattern | T 1.1.1.8 | …rom it (T 1.1.1.11, 1.2.3.11, 1.3.14.6; SBN 6-7, 37, 157). Derivation involves causation (T 1.1.1.8; SBN 4-5), and sinc… |
| T 1.3.2.7 Citation pattern | T 1.3.2.7 | …sation (T 1.1.1.8; SBN 4-5), and since Hume holds that causes exist before their effects (T 1.3.2.7; SBN 76), he must a… |
| T 1.4.3.5, 1 Citation pattern | T 1.4.3 (2 paragraphs) | …l things are associated, we consider those things by a distinctive kind of mental action (T 1.4.3.5, 1.4.6.6; SBN 221, 253… |
| SBN 221, 253 -54 Citation pattern | T 1.4.3.5 to T 1.4.6.6 n50 (6 paragraphs) | …ted, we consider those things by a distinctive kind of mental action (T 1.4.3.5, 1.4.6.6; SBN 221, 253 -54). So, perhaps he ho… |
| T 1.1.7.7-10 Citation pattern | T 1.1.7 (4 paragraphs) | … "abstract" or "general" representation that picks out all individuals of a certain kind (T 1.1.7.7-10; SBN 20-22). The ab… |
| T 3.1.1.2 Citation pattern | T 3.1.1.2 | … by which we distinguish moral good and evil, than to every other operation of the mind" (T 3.1.1.2; SBN 456; italics i… |
| T 1.1.4.1 Citation pattern | T 1.1.4.1 | …ing them: it "point[s] out" to us that they are "proper to be united into a complex one" (T 1.1.4.1; SBN 10 - 11) or "c… |
| T Abs 35 Citation pattern | Abs. 35 | …united into a complex one" (T 1.1.4.1; SBN 10 - 11) or "causes the mind to conjoin them" (T Abs 35; SBN 662). Again, H… |
| T 1.3.2.7 Citation pattern | T 1.3.2.7 | …join them" (T Abs 35; SBN 662). Again, Hume holds that causes exist before their effects (T 1.3.2.7; SBN 76). So, he mu… |
| T 2.3.3.5 Citation pattern | T 2.3.3.5 | …tion. For example, the passions of pride and humility are not themselves representations (T 2.3.3.5; SBN 415) but nonet… |
| T 2.1.2.2 Citation pattern | T 2.1.2.2 | …ves representations (T 2.3.3.5; SBN 415) but nonetheless have the self as their "object" (T 2.1.2.2; SBN 277) because t… |
| T 2.1.2.4 Citation pattern | T 2.1.2.4 | …T 2.1.2.2; SBN 277) because they "turn our view to another idea, which is that of self " (T 2.1.2.4; SBN 47. Hume hold… |
| T 2.3.1.2 Citation pattern | T 2.3.1.2 | …hen we knowingly give rise to any new motion of our body, or new perception of our mind" (T 2.3.1.2; SBN 399, italics i… |
| T 1.3.14.16, 2 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (2 paragraphs) | …ompanied by a volition. 48. For the role of copying in representation, see, for example, T 1.3.14.16, 2.3.3.5; SBN 163, 415… |
| SBN 163, 415 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14.16 to T 2.3.3.6 (6 paragraphs) | …. 48. For the role of copying in representation, see, for example, T 1.3.14.16, 2.3.3.5; SBN 163, 415. For the interchang… |
| T 1.1.6.1, 1 Citation pattern | T 1.1.6.1 | …15. For the interchangeability of "idea of" and "idea that represents," see, for example, T 1.1.6.1, 1.1.6.3, 1.2.1.3, 1.4… |
| 1.2.1.3, 1 Citation pattern | T 1.2.1 (2 paragraphs) | …ngeability of "idea of" and "idea that represents," see, for example, T 1.1.6.1, 1.1.6.3, 1.2.1.3, 1.4.5.3; SBN 15-16, 1… |
| SBN 15-16, 17, 27, 232-33 Citation pattern | T 1.1.5.6 to T 1.4.5.5 (19 paragraphs) | …a of" and "idea that represents," see, for example, T 1.1.6.1, 1.1.6.3, 1.2.1.3, 1.4.5.3; SBN 15-16, 17, 27, 232-33. ## J ONATHAN COT … |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …veral of a mind's distinct perceptions must be "connected" if they are to "form a whole" (T App 20; SBN 635). We have … |
| T 1.2.6.8, 1 Citation pattern | T 1.2.6 (2 paragraphs) | …s that we can conceive are perceptions or, at least, are "specifically" like perceptions (T 1.2.6.8, 1.4.2.31, 1.4.2.36, 1… |
| 1.4.2.54 Citation pattern | T 1.2.5 (3 paragraphs) | …ceptions or, at least, are "specifically" like perceptions (T 1.2.6.8, 1.4.2.31, 1.4.2.36, 1.4.2.54, 1.4.2.56; SBN 67-6… |
| 1.4.2.56 Citation pattern | T 1.2.5 (5 paragraphs) | …r, at least, are "specifically" like perceptions (T 1.2.6.8, 1.4.2.31, 1.4.2.36, 1.4.2.54, 1.4.2.56; SBN 67-68, 202, 20… |
| SBN 67-68, 202, 205, 217, 218 Citation pattern | T 1.2.6.4 to T 1.4.2.57 (17 paragraphs) | …, are "specifically" like perceptions (T 1.2.6.8, 1.4.2.31, 1.4.2.36, 1.4.2.54, 1.4.2.56; SBN 67-68, 202, 205, 217, 218). Can he really thi… |
| T 1.3.14.34 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14.34 | …ction, which we often make betwixt power and the exercise of it" is "without foundation" (T 1.3.14.34; SBN 171; italics i… |
| T 2.1.10.4, 2 Citation pattern | T 2.1.10 (2 paragraphs) | … in original); "strictly" or "philosophically" speaking, there are no unexercised powers (T 2.1.10.4, 2.1.10.7; SBN 311, 31… |
| SBN 311, 313 Citation pattern | T 2.1.10 (5 paragraphs) | …ly" or "philosophically" speaking, there are no unexercised powers (T 2.1.10.4, 2.1.10.7; SBN 311, 313). Admittedly, Hume … |
| T 2.1.10.9 Citation pattern | T 2.1.10.9 | …fe, tho' he knows he has enjoy'd his riches for forty years without ever employing them" (T 2.1.10.9; SBN 314, italics i… |
| T 2.1.10.4 Citation pattern | T 2.1.10.4 | … them by means of the idea and supposition of power, independent of its actual exercise. (T 2.1.10.4; SBN 311-12, italic… |
| TApp 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …erbalancing Argument In section 1, I argued that the crucial paragraphs of the Appendix (TApp 20 and 21) present a c… |
| T 1.2.2.3 Citation pattern | T 1.2.2.3 | …ether. Therefore, in sec- 53. Baxter (2008, 25-26) supports this claim with reference to T 1.2.2.3; SBN 30 and T 1.4.5… |
| T 1.4.5.7 Citation pattern | T 1.4.5.7 | …ec- 53. Baxter (2008, 25-26) supports this claim with reference to T 1.2.2.3; SBN 30 and T 1.4.5.7; SBN 234. The "Abst… |
| TAbs 28 Citation pattern | Abs. 28 | …rceptions, in Hume's view: "Our idea of any mind is only that of particular perceptions" (TAbs 28; SBN 658); "we have… |
| TApp 19 Citation pattern | App. 19 | …; SBN 658); "we have no notion of [the mind ], distinct from the particular perceptions" (TApp 19; SBN 635, italics i… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …d: as he says in the Appendix, he is now concerned with "all our particular perceptions" (T App 20; SBN 635) or "all o… |
| T App 21 Citation pattern | App. 21 | …h "all our particular perceptions" (T App 20; SBN 635) or "all our distinct perceptions" (T App 21; SBN 636). In this … |
| T 1.4.2.7 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2.7 | …me's view that a mind's perceptions have no hidden properties or relations to each other (T 1.4.2.7; SBN 190), which we… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …rceptions are distinct existences, they forma whole only if they are connected together. (T App 20; SBN 635) 54. As I… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | … feel a connexion or a determination of the thought, to pass from one object to another" (T App 20; SBN 635; italics i… |
| TApp 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | …'d me to deny the strict and proper identity and simplicity of a self or thinking being" (TApp 10; SBN 633). This sug… |
| TAbs 28 Citation pattern | Abs. 28 | …ptions by saying that this relation is an instance of that between a whole and its parts (TAbs 28; SBN 658). He must … |
| TApp 11 - 19 Citation pattern | Appendix (9 paragraphs) | …t does counterbalance those that Hume gave in "Of personal identity" and recapitulates in TApp 11 - 19. Therefore, my int… |
| T App 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | …for and against his qualified metaphysical claim from the section "Of personal identity" (T App 10; SBN 633). Paragrap… |
| T App 11-19 Citation pattern | Appendix (9 paragraphs) | …etaphysical claim from the section "Of personal identity" (T App 10; SBN 633). Paragraphs T App 11-19 propose arguments i… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …pp 11-19 propose arguments in favor of this claim. As I have interpreted them, paragraphs T App 20 and 21 then present… |
| T App 21 Citation pattern | App. 21 | …the text, it also explains why Hume concludes by "plead[ing] the privilege of a sceptic" (T App 21; SBN 636). Finding … |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …n the principles, that unite our successive perceptions in our thought or consciousness" (T App 20; SBN 635-36). The c… |
| TApp 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | … "makes us attribute to [all our particular perceptions] a real simplicity and identity" (TApp 20; SBN 635). In the s… |
| T 1.4.6.5-22 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (18 paragraphs) | …tity," he argues that associations among our ideas of our perceptions cause this mistake (T 1.4.6.5-22; SBN 253-63). So, i… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …iation of ideas was the principle that "binds [all our particular perceptions] together" (T App 20; SBN 635). This sug… |
| T App 21 Citation pattern | App. 21 | … mind perceive some real connexion among them, there wou'd be no difficulty in the case" (T App 21; SBN 636). If Hume … |
| T App 11-19 Citation pattern | Appendix (9 paragraphs) | …. He could then safely accept his arguments in favor of his qualified metaphysical claim (T App 11-19; SBN 633-35). Eithe… |
| T 1.4.6.5-21 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (17 paragraphs) | …ext and this synchronic issue, but it focuses almost exclusively on the diachronic issue (T 1.4.6.5-21; SBN 253-62), addre… |
| T 1.4.6.22 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6.22 | …4.6.5-21; SBN 253-62), addressing the synchronic issue only in its penultimate paragraph (T 1.4.6.22; SBN 263). I propos… |
| TApp 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …in the Appendix, the counterbalancing argument concerns "all our particular perceptions" (TApp 20; SBN 635) or "all o… |
| T App 21 Citation pattern | App. 21 | …ns "all our particular perceptions" (TApp 20; SBN 635) or "all our distinct perceptions" (T App 21; SBN 636). 59 Fift… |
| TApp 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | …ng argument as a genuine crisisa "labyrinth," involving "contradictions and absurdities" (TApp 10; SBN 633). In Book … |
| T 1.4.6.3 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6.3 | …. . After what manner . . . do they belong to self; and how are they connected with it?" (T 1.4.6.3; SBN 252; see, by w… |
| TAbs 28 Citation pattern | Abs. 28 | …elf; and how are they connected with it?" (T 1.4.6.3; SBN 252; see, by way of comparison, TAbs 28, TApp 12-13; SBN 65… |
| TApp 12-13 Citation pattern | Appendix (2 paragraphs) | …how are they connected with it?" (T 1.4.6.3; SBN 252; see, by way of comparison, TAbs 28, TApp 12-13; SBN 657-58, 634). … |
| T Abs 28 Citation pattern | Abs. 28 | …ccount for this relation as a special case of the relation between a whole and its parts (T Abs 28; SBN 658). But the … |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …ily for the relation of perception ownership. In a certain respect, my interpretation of T App 20 and 21 resembles on… |
| T 1.4.2.39 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2.39 | …with regard to the senses," because it seems to rely on that claim at an important point (T 1.4.2.39; SBN 207). Since Hu… |
| T 1.4.2.39 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2.39 | …eply that Ainslie's argument has a false premise. The only claim on which Hume relies, in T 1.4.2.39, is that each parti… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | … supply an ideal connection among all its other perceptions. However, Ainslie holds that T App 20 and 21 raise a prob… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …parts are all its perceptions. This difference matters, because Hume sees his argument in T App 20 and 21 as counterba… |
| T App 11-19 Citation pattern | Appendix (9 paragraphs) | …e matters, because Hume sees his argument in T App 20 and 21 as counterbalancing those of T App 11-19, so as to induce sk… |
| T App 11-19 Citation pattern | Appendix (9 paragraphs) | … in T App 20 and 21 as counterbalancing those of T App 11-19, so as to induce skepticism. T App 11-19 give arguments in s… |
| TApp 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | …erpretation aside here. 61. Ainslie (2001, 575-76) stresses that, on his interpretation, TApp 20 and 21 leave Hume's… |
| T App 11-19 Citation pattern | Appendix (9 paragraphs) | …leave Hume's qualified metaphysical claim untouched. ## J ONATHAN COT TR E L L those of T App 11-19. So, his interpreta… |
| T 1.4.6.3 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6.3 | …seen-he criticized his opponents precisely because they cannot account for this relation (T 1.4.6.3; SBN 252). So, my i… |
| T App 20 Citation pattern | App. 20 | … Hume, but-if my argument in section 1 is correct-not the one that Hume means to raise in T App 20 and 21. worries to… |
| TApp 21 Citation pattern | App. 21 | …ture reflection, may discover some hypothesis, that will reconcile those contradictions" (TApp 21; SBN 636). How migh… |
| T App 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | …dismissed: it explains Hume's promise that he will "propose the arguments on both sides" (T App 10; SBN 633)-that is, … |
| T App 10 Citation pattern | App. 10 | …a sufficient one . . . for me to entertain a diffidence and modesty in all my decisions" (T App 10; SBN 633; italics i… |