Angoel ([info]angoel) wrote,
@ 2008-03-28 06:53:00
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Poll #1161865
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Have you heard of Hume's Law

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Yes
2 (8.0%)

Yes, but not before you polled about Hume's Fork
8 (32.0%)

No
16 (64.0%)

TickeyHume
7 (28.0%)


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[info]wildeabandon
2008-03-28 11:42 am UTC (link)
Again, I've had long discussions about whether it's true or not, but never heard it referred to as Hume's Law.

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[info]woodpijn
2008-03-28 12:02 pm UTC (link)
Me too. Based on this and the previous poll, I'm beginning to wonder whether Hume (or his later followers) just went around putting his name to lots of general principles, which did and still do manage fine without.

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[info]mirabehn
2008-03-28 02:57 pm UTC (link)
I'd heard of it, but I've no idea what it is.

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[info]ewx
2008-03-28 03:48 pm UTC (link)
I've read the rather scanty Wikipedia page and still have no idea what it is...

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(Anonymous)
2008-03-28 10:10 pm UTC (link)
Wikipedia is crap. Both in concept and in general, but specifically for philosophy, being mostly written by idiots who have an interest in the subject but no actual training and who probably think that Douglas Hofstader is a philosopher.

See: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume-moral/

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(Anonymous)
2008-03-28 10:11 pm UTC (link)
Wikipedia is crap. Both in concept and in general, but specifically for philosophy, being mostly written by idiots who have an interest in the subject but no actual training and who probably think that Douglas Hofstader is a philosopher.

See: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume-moral/

S.

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[info]pplfichi
2008-03-28 04:47 pm UTC (link)
Yes, but not as Hume's Law.

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[info]d37373
2008-03-28 10:03 pm UTC (link)
The concept certainly isn't new to me, but the name is. I blame that half on my ignorance of technical terms, and half on it being a very obvious thought (although I don't find the validity of it as obvious).

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