Nathanson, Stephen · 1976
Humes Second Thoughts on the Self
Nathanson, Stephen (1976). “Humes Second Thoughts on the Self.” Hume Studies 2(1): 36–46.
14
citations of the Treatise
33
paragraphs reached
20%
focus on the core paragraphs
4.99
surprise of rarest citation
Ranges beyond the core passages and cites something rare.
Theme mix
Self and the passions 1%Causation and the Appendix problem 20%Body and the external world 79%Immateriality of the soul 0%
Themes are fitted on citations outside 1.4.6 and the Appendix, which nearly every paper cites.
Its rarest citations
- T 1.4.3.11 11 other papers reach it
- T 1.4.2.13 18 other papers reach it
- T 1.4.2.12 18 other papers reach it
Nearest papers
- Cottrell 2015 similarity 0.85
Minds, Composition, and Humes Skepticism in the Appendix - Strawson 2012 similarity 0.74
All My Hopes Vanish Hume on the Mind - Strawson 2011 similarity 0.70
The Evident Connexion - Roth 2000 similarity 0.69
What Was Humes Problem with Personal Identity? - Humber 1995 similarity 0.68
Humes Invisible Self
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| (636) Checked by model | Appendix (3 paragraphs) | …tences, and that the mind never perceives any real connection among distinct existences. (636)¿ The trouble with … |
| (190) Checked by model | T 1.4.2 (4 paragraphs) | …such a self so that we cannot conceive it as existing, let alone guarantee its existence. (190) ...we all think we… |
| (192) Checked by model | T 1.4.2 (3 paragraphs) | … thinking we have the idea. . . it is inconsistent with having to have the idea of self. (192) ------------- I sh… |
| (207) Quote matched to the Treatise | T 1.4.2 (3 paragraphs) | …tions, and suppos'd, tho' falsely, to be endowed with a perfect simplicity and identity. (207) The appendix refer… |
| (633) Quote matched to the Treatise | T 1.3.14.12 to App. 11 (4 paragraphs) | …'d me to deny the strict and proper identity and simplicity of a self or thinking being. (633) Further, mentionin… |
| (635) Quote matched to the Treatise | Appendix (5 paragraphs) | …gard to the mind, that we have no notion of it. distinct from the particular perceptions. (635) Finally, he tells … |
| (636) Checked by model | Appendix (3 paragraphs) | …ething simple and individual, or the mind perceive [d] some real connexion among them... (636) Since there are fi… |
| (635) Quote matched to the Treatise | Appendix (5 paragraphs) | … them a real simplicity and identity; I am sensible, that my account is very defective... (635) But all my hopes v… |
| (635-36) Checked by model | Appendix (7 paragraphs) | …xplain the principles that unite our successive perceptions in thoughts or consciousness. (635-36) Both these passage… |
| (191) Checked by model | T 1.4.2 (4 paragraphs) | … Kemp Smith's suggestion, but Hume never gave up the view that we do not have that idea. (191) Robison had earlie… |
| (11) Checked by model | T 1.1.4 (3 paragraphs) | …rom one idea to another are three, viz. RESEMBLANCE, CONTIGUITY ... and CAUSE and EFFECT. (11) These are therefor… |
| (12-13) Quote matched to the Treatise | T 1.1.4.3 to T 1.1.5.1 (6 paragraphs) | …ch in the mental world will be found to have as extraordinary effects as in the natural. (12-13) The latter passage… |
| (225) Quote matched to the Treatise | T 1.4.3.11 to T 1.4.4.1 (2 paragraphs) | …actions, so that upon their removal human nature must immediately perish and go to ruin. (225) These principles, … |
| (13) Quote matched to the Treatise | T 1.1.4.6 to T 1.1.5.1 (3 paragraphs) | …en he sees a farther examination would lead him into obscure and uncertain speculations. (13) While a reference … |