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On a Supposed Contradiction in Hume

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2007

Sophie Botros
Sophie Botros
Affiliation:
Institute of Philosophy, University of London
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Extract

One of the most powerful arguments in meta-ethics today is that of Treatise, Book 3, in which Hume seeks to show that morality's practical influence precludes its being based on reason. H.O. Mounce, in his review1 of my Hume, Reason and Morality: A Legacy of Contradiction,2 rejects my central contention that this argument contains a contradiction. This review is however flawed on several counts.

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Research Article
Information
Philosophy , Volume 82 , Issue 4 , October 2007 , pp. 643 - 646
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2007

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References

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