Hume Precursor of Modern Empiricism

One / Statement of the Problem.- 1 Historical Setting.- 2 The Empiricists’Dilemma.- 3 A Brief Comparison.- 4 The Main Issue.- Two / The Principle of Meaning.- 1 The Critique of Metaphysics.- 2 The Limit of Human Knowledge.- An Exposition.- An Interpretation.- 3 The Principle of the Priority of Impressions to Ideas.- 4 The Application of the Principle.- 5 Meaning and Complex Ideas.- 6 Summary of the Chapter.- Three / Evaluation of Hume’s Principle.- 1 Introduction.- 2 On the Relation of Impressions and Ideas.- 3 On the Relation of Words and Impressions.- 4 The Difficulty with the Recurrence of Impressions.- 5 The Difficulty with the Privacy of Impressions.- 6 The Difficulty of Establishing Meaning by Looking for the Origin of Ideas.- Four / The Principle of Analyticity.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Statement of the Principle.- 3 An Analysis of Hume’s Principle.- 4 Hume’s Explanation of Logical Concepts.- 5 Hume’s View of Logic.- 6 Summary of the Chapter.- Five / The Domain of Deductive Reason.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Knowledge and Its Objects.- Nature of Knowledge.- Criticism of Platonism in Mathematics.- Hume’s Theory of General Ideas.- Some Criticism of Hume’s Theory of General Ideas.- 3 The Science of Arithmetic.- Hume’s View on the Nature of Arithmetical Relations.- The Nature of Arithmetical Ideas.- Criticism of Hume’s Idea of Number.- 4 The Science of Geometry.- On Geometry.- Interpretation of Hume’s View on Geometry.- 5 Is Knowledge Attainable?.- Of Scepticism with Regard to Deductive Reason.- Criticism of Hume’s Scepticism.- 6 Conclusion of the Chapter.- Six / Summary and Conclusion.