Loeb, Louis E. · 1992
Causation, Extrinsic Relations, and Humes Second Thoughts About Personal Identity
Loeb, Louis E. (1992). “Causation, Extrinsic Relations, and Humes Second Thoughts About Personal Identity.” Hume Studies 18(2): 219–231.
47
citations of the Treatise
248
paragraphs reached
26%
focus on the core paragraphs
4.88
surprise of rarest citation
Ranges beyond the core passages and cites something rare.
Theme mix
Self and the passions 0%Causation and the Appendix problem 89%Body and the external world 6%Immateriality of the soul 5%
Themes are fitted on citations outside 1.4.6 and the Appendix, which nearly every paper cites.
Its rarest citations
- T 1.2.3.11 n9 5 other papers reach it
- T 1.3.14.5 11 other papers reach it
- T 1.3.14.5 n28 10 other papers reach it
Nearest papers
- Winkler 2010 similarity 0.89
P.J.E. Kails Projection and Realism in Humes Philosophy - Garrett 2010 similarity 0.83
Once More Into the Labyrinth Kail’s Realist Explanation of Hume’s Second Thoughts About Personal Identity - Robison 1974 similarity 0.79
Hume on Personal Identity - Swain 2006 similarity 0.78
Personal Identity and the Skeptical System of Philosophy - Waxman 1992 similarity 0.74
Humes Quandary Concerning Personal Identity
Against the corpus
Where it cites the Treatise
Fewer citesmorenot citedone of the 15 core paragraphsfootnote
Book 1: Of the Understanding
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
Appendix
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Treatise 1.4.6 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (24 paragraphs) | …cond Thoughts about Personal Identity Louis E. Loeb According to the account offered in Treatise 1.4.6, "Of personal ident… |
| 1.3.14 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (42 paragraphs) | …ems content with the result that personal identity does not involve a real connection. At 1.3.14, "Of the idea of ne… |
| 1.4.6 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (24 paragraphs) | …. Hume thinks there are causes and effects, even though there are no real connections. At 1.4.6, Hume writes that w… |
| (T 259-60) Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (4 paragraphs) | …nd effect, when strictly examin'd, resolves itself into a customary association of ideas" (T 259-60). Amere three paragr… |
| (T 261) Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (3 paragraphs) | …ion of cause and effect, and mutually produce, destroy, influence, and modify each other" (T 261). So Hume's view, at… |
| 1.4.6 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (24 paragraphs) | … mutually produce, destroy, influence, and modify each other" (T 261). So Hume's view, at 1.4.6, is that personal i… |
| 1.3.14 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (42 paragraphs) | …ts this result with equanimity. This puzzle can be generalized somewhat. Hume observesin 1.3.14 that "the terms of … |
| (T 157) Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (4 paragraphs) | …, force, energy, necessity, connexion, and productive quality, are all nearly synonimous" (T 157). His principal nega… |
| 1.3.14 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (42 paragraphs) | …nnection in causation. Hume targets a number of the nearly synonymous notions not only in 1.3.14, but also at T 246-… |
| 1.4.5 Citation pattern | T 1.4.5 (42 paragraphs) | …ets a number of the nearly synonymous notions not only in 1.3.14, but also at T 246-51 of 1.4.5, and T 632-33 of th… |
| (T 636) Citation pattern | Appendix (3 paragraphs) | …rceive some real connexion among [perceptions], there wou'd be no difficulty in the case. (T 636) Why does Hume come… |
| 1.4.6 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (24 paragraphs) | …es occurrences are located in the discussions of personal identity in the appendix and in 1.4.6, and in the discuss… |
| 1.3.14.4 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14.4 | …al identity in the appendix and in 1.4.6, and in the discussion of necessary connexion in 1.3.14.4 At 1.3.14, Hume arg… |
| 1.3.14 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (42 paragraphs) | …in the appendix and in 1.4.6, and in the discussion of necessary connexion in 1.3.14.4 At 1.3.14, Hume argues that t… |
| (T 161-62) Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (4 paragraphs) | …nd wou'd imply the absolute impossibiUty for the one object not to follow, ... the other. (T 161-62) Suppose two object… |
| (T 162) Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (3 paragraphs) | …y are united, or be able certainly to pronounce, that there is a connexion betwixt them . (T 162) the simple view of… |
| (T 166) Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (3 paragraphs) | …ns, however related, can never give us any idea of power, or of a connexion betwixt them. (T 166) Although these pas… |
| (T 170) Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (2 paragraphs) | …efinition in its place. But for my part I must own my incapacity for such an undertaking. (T 170) Hume introduces an… |
| (T 170) Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (2 paragraphs) | …es that others might raise it. In the Treatise, Hume treats the objection as a "delicacy" (T 170). This suggests that… |
| 1.3.14 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (42 paragraphs) | …to a "real connexion" harken back to Hume's discussion of real connections at T 161-68 of 1.3.14, and to the objecti… |
| 1.4.6 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (24 paragraphs) | …not regard resemblance among perceptions as sufficient for personal identity. At T 259 of 1.4.6, Hume sets out "to … |
| (T 260) Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (3 paragraphs) | … depends," and announces that contiguity "has little or no influence in the present case" (T 260). Although Hume sugg… |
| (T 262) Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (2 paragraphs) | …identity, by shewing us the relation of cause and effect among our different perceptions" (T 262). It is at the prece… |
| (T 261) Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (3 paragraphs) | …istences, which are link'd together by the relation ofcause and effect" 224Hume Studies (T 261). Thus, I think Hume… |
| (T 636) Citation pattern | Appendix (3 paragraphs) | …e mind perceive some real connexion among them, there wou'd be no difficulty in the case" (T 636). I have suggested t… |
| (T 635) Citation pattern | Appendix (5 paragraphs) | …to them a real simplicity and identity; I am sensible, that my account is very defective" (T 635). In 1.4.6, Hume dis… |
| 1.4.6 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (24 paragraphs) | …al simplicity and identity; I am sensible, that my account is very defective" (T 635). In 1.4.6, Hume distinguishes… |
| (T 253) Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (3 paragraphs) | …putative simplicity of the mind at a time and the putative identity of the mind over time (T 253), providing distinct… |
| 1.2.3 Citation pattern | T 1.2.3 (19 paragraphs) | …tion is a consequence of Hume's views about change and time or duration.19 Hume writes in 1.2.3: I know there are … |
| (T 37) Citation pattern | T 1.2.3 (3 paragraphs) | …exactness be applj^d to it, nor can any thing unchangeable be ever said to have duration. (T 37) He returns to the … |
| 1.2.5 Citation pattern | T 1.2.5 (30 paragraphs) | … any thing unchangeable be ever said to have duration. (T 37) He returns to the theme in 1.2.5: 226Hume Studies A… |
| (T 64-65) Citation pattern | T 1.2.5 (5 paragraphs) | …impression, you may be certain you are mistaken, when you imagine you have any such idea. (T 64-65) In part 2 ofbook 1… |
| 1.4.2 Citation pattern | T 1.4.2 (65 paragraphs) | …Hume's discussion of the "constancy" (as distinct from the "coherence") of perceptions in 1.4.2, "Of scepticism wit… |
| (T 200-201) Citation pattern | T 1.4.2 (8 paragraphs) | …e invariableness and uninterruptedness of any object, thro' a suppos'd variation of time. (T 200-201) Hume takes serious… |
| 1.3.14 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (42 paragraphs) | …ed with reference to real connections, and real connections, as Hume conceives of them at 1.3.14, are intrinsic rela… |
| 1.3.16 Citation pattern | T 1.3.16 (9 paragraphs) | …me principles in much the same way" (p. 120). - 4.The remaining occurrence is at T 178 of 1.3.16, "Ofthe reason of a… |
| (T 160) Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (2 paragraphs) | …animals." There is related terminology elsewhere in the Treatise: "real power and energy" (T 160), "real force and en… |
| (T 161) Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (2 paragraphs) | …ology elsewhere in the Treatise: "real power and energy" (T 160), "real force and energy" (T 161), "Unk'd" (T 261), a… |
| (T 261) Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (3 paragraphs) | …n the Treatise: "real power and energy" (T 160), "real force and energy" (T 161), "Unk'd" (T 261), and "tie" (T 162, … |
| (T 162, 266) Citation pattern | T 1.3.14.13 to T 1.4.7.5 n52 (7 paragraphs) | …al power and energy" (T 160), "real force and energy" (T 161), "Unk'd" (T 261), and "tie" (T 162, 266). - 5.Though Hume co… |
| (T 103, 161, 162, 166, 247, 248, 249, 260, 266, 632, 635) Citation pattern | T 1.3.8.10 to App. 20n89 (32 paragraphs) | …162, 266). - 5.Though Hume contends that there is no "connexion" between cause and effect (T 103, 161, 162, 166, 247, 248, 249, 260, 266, 632, 635), he often writes of… |
| (T 169) Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (4 paragraphs) | … for this reason; Hume has told us that he is defining "the relation of cause and effect" (T 169)-it is difficult to … |
| 1.3.14 Citation pattern | T 1.3.14 (42 paragraphs) | …extrinsic relations. He was clear that causation is extrinsic (T 169-70; E 76-77); and in 1.3.14 he intends to contr… |
| 1.4.6 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (24 paragraphs) | …e formulated his misgivings more perspicuously by saying directly that, on the account at 1.4.6, personal identity … |
| 1.4.6 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (24 paragraphs) | …h such qualifications in providing a causal theory of the identity of changing objects in 1.4.6. - 19.David Wood br… |
| 1.4.6 Citation pattern | T 1.4.6 (24 paragraphs) | … the identity of changing objects in 1.4.6. - 19.David Wood brings these views to bear on 1.4.6, for a rather diffe… |
| (T 635-36) Citation pattern | Appendix (7 paragraphs) | …in the principles, that unite our successive perceptions in our thought or consciousness" (T 635-36). Hume might be refe… |