Hume's methodological solipsism.
This paper offers a new interpretation of Hume's Treatise as a work written by a methodological solipsist. It argues that Hume anticipates later developments by launching a Fodorian project that is to be realised by Carnapian means. Hume develops an explanatory theory of mental operations based on a...
| Publicado en: | Philosophical Studies Vol. 182; no. 5; pp. 1467 - 1494 |
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