Marching on the Capital: Hume's Experimental Science of Man as a Conquest for Occupied Territory

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Gabriel Watts
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In this paper I set out what I call a ‘conquest’ conception of Hume's experimental science of man. It is notable, I claim, that Hume regards what he calls the ‘capital’ of the sciences – ‘the science of MAN’ – as occupied territory, and that he views his ‘direct’ method of approach upon the science of human nature as a ‘conquest’. I expand upon such statements by leveraging the comparison that Hume draws between experimental moral philosophy and the experimental tradition in natural philosophy inaugurated by Francis Bacon. Overall, I suggest that Hume's decision to ground his science of human nature upon experience and observation is as much about overthrowing the epistemic authority of speculative dogmas as it is about establishing a secure foundation for his system of the sciences, and I contend that Hume's application of his hypotheses to animals is central to this conception of his philosophical project in the Treatise.
向首都进军:休谟的人类实验科学是对被占领领土的征服
在这篇论文中,我提出了我所说的“征服”概念,即休谟的人的实验科学。值得注意的是,我声称,休谟认为他所说的科学的“资本” – ‘人的科学 – 他认为自己对人性科学的“直接”方法是一种“征服”。我利用休谟对实验道德哲学和弗朗西斯·培根开创的自然哲学中的实验传统的比较,对这些说法进行了扩展。总的来说,我认为休谟决定将他的人性科学建立在经验和观察的基础上,这既是为了推翻思辨教条的认识权威,也是为了为他的科学体系建立一个安全的基础,我认为,休谟将他的假设应用于动物,是他在《论》中哲学项目这一概念的核心。
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