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Non-Humean Holism, Un-Humean Holism

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In this article I argue that textual evidence from David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature does not support J. Baird Callicott's professedly Humean yet holistic environmental ethic, which understands the community (e.g., the biotic community) as a ‘metaorganismic’ entity ‘over and above’ its individual members. Based on Hume's reductionist account of the mind and his assimilation of the metaphysical nature of the mind to that of the community, I also argue that a Humean account of the community should be likewise reductionist. My conclusion is that Callicott's anti-reductionist holism is at least foreign to, and at worst incompatible with, Hume's philosophy.

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  • Y.S. Lo, 2001. "Non-Humean Holism, Un-Humean Holism," Environmental Values, , vol. 10(1), pages 113-123, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envval:v:10:y:2001:i:1:p:113-123
    DOI: 10.3197/096327101129340778
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