Map · Book 1: Of the Understanding · Part 1: Of Ideas, their Origin, Composition, Connexion, Abstraction, &c · T 1.1.4 Of the connexion or association of ideas
T 1.1.4.6
SBN 12-3 · cited directly by 6 papers, reached by 3 more through page or section ranges
These are therefore the principles of union or cohesion among our simple ideas, and in the imagination supply the place of that inseparable connexion, by which they are united in our memory. Here is a kind of Attraction, which in the mental world will be found to have as extra|ordinary effects as in the natural, and to shew itself in as many and as various forms. Its effects are every where conspicuous; but as to its causes, they are mostly unknown, and must be resolv'd into original qualities of human nature, which I pretend not to explain. Nothing is more requisite for a true philosopher, than to restrain the intemperate desire of searching into causes, and having establish'd any doctrine upon a sufficient number of experiments, rest contented with that, when he sees a farther examination would lead him into obscure and uncertain speculations. In that case his enquiry wou'd be much better employ'd in examining the effects than the causes of his principle.
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6 of 9 papers cite this paragraph directly; the rest reach it through a page or section range. Snippets are the words around each citation.
| Paper | Cited as | Context |
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| Butchvarov 1959 | (p. 13) T 1.1.4.6 to T 1.1.5.1 (3 paragraphs) Checked by model | …lly introduces the other ", in accordance with the principles of the association of ideas (p. 13).) It is of such pe… |
| Nathanson 1976 | (12-13) T 1.1.4.3 to T 1.1.5.1 (6 paragraphs) Quote matched to the Treatise | …ch in the mental world will be found to have as extraordinary effects as in the natural. (12-13) The latter passage… |
| (13) T 1.1.4.6 to T 1.1.5.1 (3 paragraphs) Quote matched to the Treatise | …en he sees a farther examination would lead him into obscure and uncertain speculations. (13) While a reference … | |
| Strawson 2011 | 1.1.4 T 1.1.4 (7 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …sunderstandable,atleastatfirst,bu tthefactsareclear.Considerthefollowingpassagefromsection1.1.4oftheTrea tise(alrea… |
| 1.1.4.6 this paragraph Citation pattern | …dofunion'- a'unitingprinciple','principlesofunionorcohesion'- amongourideas(10/1.1.4.1,13/1.1.4.6).The'causes'ofthisp… | |
| 1.1.4.6 this paragraph Citation pattern | …hichhecans implyappealtothe'originalqualitiesofhuman nature,whichIpretendnottoexplain'(13/1.1.4.6).11 Onecouldputthe… | |
| 1.1.4 T 1.1.4 (7 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …onofideasrecordtheexistenceofthethreefundamentalprinciplesRo ftheassociationofideas(10-13/1.1.4).Notethatthisclosen… | |
| 1.1.4 T 1.1.4 (7 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …pensthesectionwherealltheproblemsoftheAppendi xbegin,'Oftheconnexionorassociationofideas'(1.1.4),i.e. [P9]the'soli… | |
| 1.1.4.6,24 this paragraph Citation pattern | …ething'magical'and'wonderfulandunintelligible'(i.e.notund erstandable)byus.(xvii/Int§8,13/1.1.4.6,24/1.1.7.15,179/1.3.16… | |
| 1.1.4.6 this paragraph Citation pattern | …nown'that'mustberesolv'dintooriginalqualitiesofhumannature,whichIpr etendnottoexplain'(13/1.1.4.6).TheveryfactthatHum… | |
| 1.1.4 T 1.1.4 (7 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …ge,earlyintheTreatise,thatexplainshisdespair, andthatI'vealreadyquotedseveraltimes.Section1.1.4,'Oftheconnexionoras… | |
| 1.1.4.6 this paragraph Citation pattern | …esementalconnectionsinvolve onlya'gentleforce',andarenotexceptionless,onpp.140-1below. 13/1.1.4.6.HefollowsNewton,who… | |
| 1.1.4.6 this paragraph Citation pattern | …sontologicalversion(ashere )areadramaticshorthandcommontomanyempiricists. Or'mostly'so(13/1.1.4.6).Humewillhappilyall… | |
| 1.1.4.6 this paragraph Citation pattern | …mproveourknowledgeoflawsofchemistryandphys ics,evenwhilesomethingalwaysremainsunknown. 13/1.1.4.6.Humewouldhavelovedm… | |
| Strawson 2012 | THN 1.1.4.6 this paragraph Citation pattern | … these principles, he says, 'the principles of union or cohesion among our simple ideas' (THN 1.1.4.6 / 12), we encounter… |
| THN 1.1.4.6 this paragraph Citation pattern | …wou'd be much better employ'd in examining the effects than the causes of his principle. (THN 1.1.4.6 / 12- 13)10 Copyri… | |
| THN 1.1.4 T 1.1.4 (7 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …es a certain theoretical conception of the mind - the PrincipleGoverned Mind described in THN 1.1.4 / 10-13 - with trem… | |
| 1.1.4.6 this paragraph Citation pattern | …niting principle', 'principles of union or cohesion' - among our ideas (THN 1.1.4.1 / 10, 1.1.4.6 / 13). The 'causes'… | |
| THN 1.1.4.6 this paragraph Citation pattern | …ust be resolv'd into original qualities of human nature, which I pretend not to explain' (THN 1.1.4.6 / 13), something th… | |
| THN 1.1.4.6 this paragraph Citation pattern | …ust be resolv'd into original qualities of human nature, which I pretend not to explain' (THN 1.1.4.6 / 13). The very fac… | |
| THN 1.1.4 T 1.1.4 (7 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …', p. 16). I do not think this would have happened if the discussion had started out from THN 1.1.4 / 10. 9 In speaking… | |
| THN 1.1.4 T 1.1.4 (7 paragraphs) Citation pattern | … should fall regularly into complex ones'. That is simply the first point he considers in THN 1.1.4 / 10-13, 'Of the co… | |
| THN 1.1.4.6 this paragraph Citation pattern | …that these mental connections involve only a 'gentle force', and are not exceptionless. 2 THN 1.1.4.6 / 13. He follows Ne… | |
| THN 1.1.4.6 this paragraph Citation pattern | …explain is the existence of 'the principle of connexion', not how it does what it does. 9 THN 1.1.4.6 / 13. Hume would ha… | |
| Pitson 2013 | T 1.1.4.6 this paragraph Citation pattern | …some respects lie beyond the scope of our experience. Note, for example, his reference in T 1.1.4.6 to the association … |
| SBN 12-13 T 1.1.4.3 to T 1.1.5.1 (6 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …whose role in the mental world may be compared with that of gravity in the natural world (SBN 12-13). Hume says here th… | |
| T 1.1.4.6 this paragraph Citation pattern | …ust be resolv'd into original qualities of human nature, which I pretend not to explain" (T 1.1.4.6; SBN 13). This is b… | |
| Cottrell 2015 | T 1.1.4.6 this paragraph Citation pattern | … Association is a causal relation among perceptions, 38 akin to attraction among bodies (T 1.1.4.6; SBN 12-13). Simpli… |
| Humber 1995 focused | (Treatise, 10-15) T 1.1.3.4 to T 1.1.6.1 (19 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …ons (namely, resernblance, contiguity and causation) which produce associations of ideas. (Treatise, 10-15) When Hume discusses… |
| Roth 2000 | I.i.4 T 1.1.4 (7 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …run together. First of all, he doesn't seem to rule out the association of impressions in I.i.4. More importantly, … |
| Ellis 2006 focused | T 1.1.4 T 1.1.4 (7 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …dispute of words," but rather involves the treatment of fictitious ideas. As we learn in T 1.1.4, the only qualities… |