#logical empiricism

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Ernst Mach ! 🙌

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My heart ! 🤍

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Karl Sigmund, Exact Thinking in Demented Times

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TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY

David Hume and a Deflationary Philosophy of History

Tuesday 07 May 2024 is the 313th anniversary of the birth of David Hume (07 May 1711 New Style, 26 April 1711 Old Style, to 25 August 1776), who was born in Edinburgh on this date in 1711.

Hume’s reputation as a philosopher only continues to grow with time, but during his life he was a failure as a philosopher though found success as an historian. Hume’s distinctively empiricist and skeptical philosophical views provide little in the way of a positive philosophy of history, but they can be understood as a deflationary philosophy of history that gives us a robust principle of selection for history.  

Quora:              https://philosophyofhistory.quora.com/ 

Discord:           https://discord.gg/r3dudQvGxD

Links:               https://jnnielsen.carrd.co/

Newsletter:      http://eepurl.com/dMh0_-/

Text post:         https://geopolicraticus.substack.com/p/david-hume-and-a-deflationary-philosophy  

Video:               https://youtu.be/D91ilZJx_Xo  

Podcast:          https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/7VZ9mD9LpJb

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Against utilitarianism: that constant attention to the details of hedonic reckoning will become a source of painful anxiety. That is, if we continually concentrate on maximising our pleasure in all the minute dealings of our daily lives, we will quickly acquire the habits and dispositions of somewhat obsessive, anxious, and myopic accountants; our pleasures will slip through our fingers unenjoyed as we nervously busy ourselves over calculations.

Philip Mitsis, Epicurus' Ethical Theory

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Moritz Schlick ! 🤍

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New-found love for the utterly uncompromising Edgar Zilsel 🤍