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The Empirical and the Probable: Clarence Irving Lewis’ Response to Hume

I find Trin’s notion of causal minimalism quite interesting.  At first brush, it has reminded me of Husserl, insofar as Husserl metaphysically “brackets” existence from phenomenology and “transcendentalizes” psychology, thereby leaving Husserl only with an epistemological investigation by which to … Continue reading

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Hume’s Causality Problem: An Introduction

I was reading through Trin’s very interesting post on the epistemic minimalism of causality in relation to Judea Pearl’s response to Bertrand Russell’s problem, as well as Josh’s subsequent thought provoking comment on Hume, which got me thinking this week … Continue reading

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