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David Hume, 1711-1776

David Hume, 1711-1776. A Treatise of Human Nature (1739). etabl. “I never catch myself at any time without a perception. When my perceptions are removed for any time, as by sound sleep; so long am I insensible of myself and may truly be said not to exist.” (60) Personal Identity

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David Hume, 1711-1776

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  1. David Hume, 1711-1776 A Treatise of Human Nature (1739)

  2. etabl

  3. “I never catch myself at any time without a perception. When my perceptions are removed for any time, as by sound sleep; so long am I insensible of myself and may truly be said not to exist.” (60) • Personal Identity • “The identity , which we ascribe to the mind of man, is only a fictitious one, and of a like kind with that which we ascribe to vegetables…”

  4. Where does our idea of unity come from? • Resemblance • Causation • The soul as a commonwealth

  5. Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900

  6. The question of self-knowledge • The question of subjectivity • The subject as multiplicity (168) • Not pluralism

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