Causes as proximate events: Thomas Brown and the Positivist interpretation of Hume on causality |
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Authors: | Cristina Paoletti |
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Institution: | Department of Philosophy, University of Bologna, via Zamboni 38, I 40126 Bologna, Italy |
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Abstract: | A neglected episode in the intellectual history of the Scottish Enlightenment, Thomas Brown’s philosophy has been recently reassessed and reconnected with the emergence of the Positivist interpretation of David Hume. In fact, aiming to defend Hume’s philosophy from the common charges of atheism and scepticism, Brown popularised an interpretation of Humean texts which was later to become the standard view on Hume. In this essay, I aim to identify Brown’s historical sources and connect his reading of Hume with the medical discussion on causality. |
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Keywords: | Thomas Brown David Hume Positivist philosophy Causality Eighteenth-century medicine Epistemology |
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