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Hume on The Epistemological Status of Metaphysical Statements

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  • Stanley Tweyman

    (University Professor, Humanities and Graduate Philosophy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

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My paper examines critically the widespread view that Hume confines meaningful propositions to those which are analytic (a priori), and those which are synthetic empirical, thereby rejecting synthetic a priori propositions as meaningful. What I show is that Hume does recognize certain metaphysical synthetic a priori propositions as meaningful, thereby dispelling the traditional view that Hume rejects all synthetic a priori as meaningful.Keywords: analytic a priori, synthetic empirical, synthetic a priori, meaning

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  • Stanley Tweyman, 2022. "Hume on The Epistemological Status of Metaphysical Statements," European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies Articles, Revistia Research and Publishing, vol. 8, January -.
    • Handle: RePEc:eur:ejisjr:286
    DOI: 10.26417/453wrq61
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