Barbara Winters
Biographic Data
| ID | 3698474 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Winters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Winters |
| SIGNATURE | WINTERS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California San Diego |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1950 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hume's Argument for the Superiority of Natural Instinct
In book I of the Treatise Hume argues that we have no reason to believe what we do about matters of fact (139, 265); these beliefs are not "just conclusions" (89), nor are they "built on solid reasoning" (90). Therefore, all such beliefs are equally unjustified no matter how they are acquired. One might suppose, then, that he would hold that no ranking of ways of acquiring beliefs is possible; all are on a par, since all the resulting beliefs are…
Franz Anton Mesmer
Franz Anton Mesmer
Hume's Argument for the Superiority of Natural Instinct
In book I of the Treatise Hume argues that we have no reason to believe what we do about matters of fact (139, 265); these beliefs are not "just conclusions" (89), nor are they "built on solid reasoning" (90). Therefore, all such beliefs are equally unjustified no matter how they are acquired. One might suppose, then, that he would hold that no ranking of ways of acquiring beliefs is possible; all are on a par, since all the resulting beliefs are…
Medicine (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (1 work) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Ecology (1 work) · Ecology (1 work) · Empathy and Medical Education (1 work)