T 1.1.7.11
SBN 22 · cited directly by 2 papers, reached by 3 more through page or section ranges
The only difficulty, that can remain on this subject, must be with regard to that custom, which so readily recals every particular idea, for which we may have occasion, and is excited by any word or sound, to which we commonly annex it. The most proper method, in my opinion, of giving a satisfactory explication of this act of the mind, is by producing other instances, which are analogous to it, and other principles, which facilitate its operation. To explain the ultimate causes of our mental actions is impossible. 'Tis sufficient, if we can give any satisfactory account of them from experience and analogy.
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2 of 5 papers cite this paragraph directly; the rest reach it through a page or section range. Snippets are the words around each citation.
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| Strawson 2011 | 1.1.7.2-14 T 1.1.7 (13 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …cu re,unclear,seee.g.33/1.2.3.1,162/1.3.14.14,648/Abs§7,78n/ 7.29n;imperfect,seee.g.18-23/1.1.7.2-14,222/1.4.3.8,77/7.29… |
| 1.1.7.11 this paragraph Citation pattern | …. 13/1.1.4.6.Humewouldhavelovedmodernneuroscience-althoughnot nearlyasmuchasDescartes. 22/1.1.7.11.Inthesameway,Newton… | |
| Strawson 2012 | THN 1.1.7.11 this paragraph Citation pattern | …rdly be more clear: 'to explain the ultimate causes of our mental actions is impossible' (THN 1.1.7.11 / 22). Much is unkn… |
| Garrett 1981 | (T17-24) T 1.1.6.3 to T 1.1.7.17 (19 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …plying the term 'oneself'. This idea of oneself is obviously a "general or abstract idea" (T17-24), consisting, as suc… |
| Ainslie 2009 | T 1.1.7 T 1.1.7 (20 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …an is sometimes assumed. Most obviously, as Hume shows his treatment of general thoughts (T 1.1.7), our tendency to a… |
| Pitson 2013 | SBN 21-22 T 1.1.7 (6 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …nd if it is impossible to assign any, this will serve to confirm our suspicion" (EHU 2.9; SBN 21-22). All this seems ha… |