Hume’s Source of the “Impression-Idea” Distinction*

In this paper I aim to investigate Hume’s well-known distinction between impressions and ideas, following the methodology of the history of ideas, and showing its specificity and suggesting a possible source, which has not been given much attention by the scholarship, namely the logical doctrines of...

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Main Author: Marco Sgarbi
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2012-11-01
Series:Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía
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Online Access:https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ASHF/article/view/40699
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description In this paper I aim to investigate Hume’s well-known distinction between impressions and ideas, following the methodology of the history of ideas, and showing its specificity and suggesting a possible source, which has not been given much attention by the scholarship, namely the logical doctrines of the physician and anatomist William Harvey, which provide the key concepts to understand Hume’s logic of ideas. After some introductory remarks, the second part deals with the many issues involved in Hume’s distinction, and in the third part I examine Harvey’s logic of ideas. In conclusion I assess Hume’s debt to the English physician.
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spelling doaj.art-2fb2c5f505c347fc9a921cbb3e48e0982022-12-22T03:23:57ZdeuUniversidad Complutense de MadridAnales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía0211-23371988-25642012-11-0129210.5209/rev_ASHF.2012.v29.n2.4069940083Hume’s Source of the “Impression-Idea” Distinction*Marco SgarbiIn this paper I aim to investigate Hume’s well-known distinction between impressions and ideas, following the methodology of the history of ideas, and showing its specificity and suggesting a possible source, which has not been given much attention by the scholarship, namely the logical doctrines of the physician and anatomist William Harvey, which provide the key concepts to understand Hume’s logic of ideas. After some introductory remarks, the second part deals with the many issues involved in Hume’s distinction, and in the third part I examine Harvey’s logic of ideas. In conclusion I assess Hume’s debt to the English physician.https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ASHF/article/view/40699HumeHarveyImpressionsIdeasLogic.
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Hume’s Source of the “Impression-Idea” Distinction*
Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía
Hume
Harvey
Impressions
Ideas
Logic.
title Hume’s Source of the “Impression-Idea” Distinction*
title_full Hume’s Source of the “Impression-Idea” Distinction*
title_fullStr Hume’s Source of the “Impression-Idea” Distinction*
title_full_unstemmed Hume’s Source of the “Impression-Idea” Distinction*
title_short Hume’s Source of the “Impression-Idea” Distinction*
title_sort hume s source of the impression idea distinction
topic Hume
Harvey
Impressions
Ideas
Logic.
url https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ASHF/article/view/40699
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