HUME’S MITIGATED SKEPTICISM WITH REGARD TO THE SYSTEMS OF REALITY
ABSTRACT In this paper, I argue that Hume’s commitment to mind-independent objects is based on two types of realism or system of realities: (a) a naïve realism based on an unjustified vulgar belief which identifies perceptions and objects, and (b) a representational realism or philosophical system o...
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| description | ABSTRACT In this paper, I argue that Hume’s commitment to mind-independent objects is based on two types of realism or system of realities: (a) a naïve realism based on an unjustified vulgar belief which identifies perceptions and objects, and (b) a representational realism or philosophical system of double-existence. Firstly, I emphasize that the philosophical question “Whether there be body or not” cannot be considered a full case of unmitigated skepticism, because Hume accepts a mitigated skepticism compatible with both vulgar and representational realism. Furthermore, I argue that, while the vulgar belief in bodies is based on an unjustified assent, the double-existence theory is based on both an unjustified assent and a rationally justified assent (that corrects the former). Considering all these points, I conclude that Hume’s mitigated skepticism allows and requires a belief in or supposition of continued and distinct existences, and that this must, as a practical matter, take vulgar and philosophical forms at different times. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-80c9592bced44640acb060acd6b11cb62022-12-22T04:03:13ZdeuUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisKriterion0100-512X2022-08-016315231733610.1590/0100-512x2022n15203whpcHUME’S MITIGATED SKEPTICISM WITH REGARD TO THE SYSTEMS OF REALITYWendel de Holanda Pereira Campelohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1931-0178ABSTRACT In this paper, I argue that Hume’s commitment to mind-independent objects is based on two types of realism or system of realities: (a) a naïve realism based on an unjustified vulgar belief which identifies perceptions and objects, and (b) a representational realism or philosophical system of double-existence. Firstly, I emphasize that the philosophical question “Whether there be body or not” cannot be considered a full case of unmitigated skepticism, because Hume accepts a mitigated skepticism compatible with both vulgar and representational realism. Furthermore, I argue that, while the vulgar belief in bodies is based on an unjustified assent, the double-existence theory is based on both an unjustified assent and a rationally justified assent (that corrects the former). Considering all these points, I conclude that Hume’s mitigated skepticism allows and requires a belief in or supposition of continued and distinct existences, and that this must, as a practical matter, take vulgar and philosophical forms at different times.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-512X2022000200317&tlng=enMitigated skepticismDouble-existence theoryRealismHume |
| spellingShingle | Wendel de Holanda Pereira Campelo HUME’S MITIGATED SKEPTICISM WITH REGARD TO THE SYSTEMS OF REALITY Kriterion Mitigated skepticism Double-existence theory Realism Hume |
| title | HUME’S MITIGATED SKEPTICISM WITH REGARD TO THE SYSTEMS OF REALITY |
| title_full | HUME’S MITIGATED SKEPTICISM WITH REGARD TO THE SYSTEMS OF REALITY |
| title_fullStr | HUME’S MITIGATED SKEPTICISM WITH REGARD TO THE SYSTEMS OF REALITY |
| title_full_unstemmed | HUME’S MITIGATED SKEPTICISM WITH REGARD TO THE SYSTEMS OF REALITY |
| title_short | HUME’S MITIGATED SKEPTICISM WITH REGARD TO THE SYSTEMS OF REALITY |
| title_sort | hume s mitigated skepticism with regard to the systems of reality |
| topic | Mitigated skepticism Double-existence theory Realism Hume |
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