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What does Hume mean?

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Proper noun
  1. A Scottish habitational surname from Home in Berwickshire.
  2. An English, Irish and Scottish surname, a variant of Holme.
  3. David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian.
Name
  1. A male given name of English and Old English origin.
    1. (meaning, history) From the river island.
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If the transcendental philosophy is not a version of Leibnizian rationalism, why is it not a repetition of the sceptical empiricism of Hume?
Hume gives the example of an Indian prince who had never seen water freeze and mistakenly disbelieved stories about ice.
Hume defends the necessitarian point of view by arguing that all human actions are caused by antecedent motives.
Prior to his visit to France, Hume was unaccomplished and without a degree.
Hume notes the criticism that necessity undermines morality since it eliminates moral choice.
Hume finally nabbed him living a genteel life in San Francisco, and sent him to prison.

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