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“China's reception of Hume” (Web, 2003)

Year

2003

Text

Type

Web

Contributors (1)

Zhou, Xiaoliang  (1949-) : Professor of Economics, Fuzhou da xue jing ji guan li yan jiu suo

Mentioned People (1)

Hume, David  (Edinburgh 1711-1776 Edinburgh) : Philosoph, Historiker

Subjects

Philosophy : Europe : Great Britain / References / Sources

Chronology Entries (2)

# Year Text Linked Data
1 1980 International Conference about European Empiricism and Rationalism an der Wuhan-Universität.
The ideas concerning David Hume's anti-metaphysics and anti-induction were still strange to most of those attending. But now they have become hackneyed topics.
2 2003 Zhou Xiaoliang : Nowadays David Hume's philosophy is more and more discussed by Chinese philosophers, including those who are studying Western analytical philosophy and the philosophy of sciences. In these two fields, as we know, Hume is regarded as either a precursor or an important contributor. One more reason for explaining the attraction of Hume's philosophy is, that in Chinese philosophy, there is a lack of a sceptical tradition. Chinese philosophers, therefore, have special interests in considering how to evaluate a theory like Hume's scepticism.