...which the author makes assertions that do not conform to the empirical criterion. Hume said: Commit it to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion." Chisholm, The Foundations of Knowing, 67. 51. See Robert J. Ackermann, Belief and Knowledge (Garden...

...When we run over libraries, persuaded of these principles, what havoc must we make? If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics,...it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion (Hume, 1758, Section XII, part 3). Empiricism, rationalism and positivism 141 ct i According to its...

...famously closes the Inquiry concerning Human Understanding with this injunction: "If we take in our hand any volume— of divinity or school metaphysics,...it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion" (173). Enough with the flames already! Note that he, too, invokes the image as part of a justification...

...not based on immediate sensory experience can be set aside as false. Hume argued: "If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics,...flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion."118 If taken seriously, Hume's critique would eliminate his own philosophy considering that...

...by this time (1748) must have been somewhat old hat within intellectual circles: If we take in our hand any volume of divinity or school metaphysics,...flames, for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.18 It might be supposed that incineration just takes the disposal of waste - begun with the...

...these principles, what havoc must we make? If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school of metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain...it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion. (Hume, 1910) The positivism of the Vienna Circle centred on the elimination, from science and scientific...

...reasoning concerning quantity or number* No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matters of fact and existence* No. Commit it then to the flames:...it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.' David Hume, An Inquiry concerning Human Understanding [1748], §XII, pt. iii. 'island of truth' and...

...concerning quantity or numberf No. Does it contain any experimental rtasoning conceming matter offact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for...it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion." An Enquiry conceming Human Understanding, S. 165) unzusammenhängend und getrennt. Ein Vorgang folgt...

...concerning quality or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact or existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion. ON THE SOCIAL CONTRACT OR PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL RIGHT By Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Citizen of Geneva...

...or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning master of fact and experience? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion." An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, p. 184. For a discussion of his use of the distinction,...