Hsueh Qu
Biographic Data
| ID | 9516801 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hsueh Qu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hsueh |
| FAMILY NAME | Qu |
| SIGNATURE | QU H |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Humes definitions of virtue
Hume offers not one, but two definitions of virtue: a more famous one in terms of usefulness or agreeability to the self or to others, and a second in terms of eliciting approbation or disapprobation from spectators. Some scholars endorse the former definition as the more fundamental one; others endorse the latter as more fundamental. This paper argues that neither definition is more fundamental than the other. The two definitions are distinct bu…
Hume's Internalist Epistemology in EHU 12
Much has been written about Kemp Smith's (1941) famous problem regarding the tension between Hume's naturalism and his scepticism. However, most commentators have focused their attention on the Treatise ; those who address the Enquiry often take it to express essentially the same message as the Treatise . When Hume's scepticism in the Enquiry has been investigated in its own right, commentators have tended to focus on Hume's inductive scepticism …
Prescription, Description, and Hume's Experimental Method
There seems a potential tension between Hume's naturalistic project and his normative ambitions. Hume adopts what I call a methodological naturalism: that is, the methodology of providing explanations for various phenomena based on natural properties and causes. This methodology takes the form of introducing ‘the experimental method of reasoning into moral subjects’, as stated in the subtitle of the Treatise; this ‘experimental method’ seems a pa…
Hume’s practically epistemic conclusions
Hume’s practically epistemic conclusions
Prescription, Description, and Hume's Experimental Method
There seems a potential tension between Hume's naturalistic project and his normative ambitions. Hume adopts what I call a methodological naturalism: that is, the methodology of providing explanations for various phenomena based on natural properties and causes. This methodology takes the form of introducing ‘the experimental method of reasoning into moral subjects’, as stated in the subtitle of the Treatise; this ‘experimental method’ seems a pa…
Hume’s practically epistemic conclusions
Prescription, Description, and Hume's Experimental Method
There seems a potential tension between Hume's naturalistic project and his normative ambitions. Hume adopts what I call a methodological naturalism: that is, the methodology of providing explanations for various phenomena based on natural properties and causes. This methodology takes the form of introducing ‘the experimental method of reasoning into moral subjects’, as stated in the subtitle of the Treatise; this ‘experimental method’ seems a pa…
Hume's Internalist Epistemology in EHU 12
Much has been written about Kemp Smith's (1941) famous problem regarding the tension between Hume's naturalism and his scepticism. However, most commentators have focused their attention on the Treatise ; those who address the Enquiry often take it to express essentially the same message as the Treatise . When Hume's scepticism in the Enquiry has been investigated in its own right, commentators have tended to focus on Hume's inductive scepticism …
Humes definitions of virtue
Hume offers not one, but two definitions of virtue: a more famous one in terms of usefulness or agreeability to the self or to others, and a second in terms of eliciting approbation or disapprobation from spectators. Some scholars endorse the former definition as the more fundamental one; others endorse the latter as more fundamental. This paper argues that neither definition is more fundamental than the other. The two definitions are distinct bu…
Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 works) · Naturalism (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Skepticism (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 works)