PHILOS 2H03 Chapter 2: Philos 2H03 - David Hume reading
14 Jan 2017
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Philos 2h03 david hume of the standard of taste notes. Even within your closest groups you see the differences in taste. We tend to call things that depart widely from our own taste and viewpoint barbarous: but we see others will condemn us as well. When we encounter others with opposing points, we become hesitant, and try to claim we are right. Men differ about beauty and ugliness of all kinds. Every language contains words that imply blame, praise, affectation among other things: but when looking at particular details, the unanimity vanishes, turns out they have given very different meaning to their words. I(cid:374) (cid:373)atte(cid:396)s of opi(cid:374)io(cid:374) a(cid:374)d k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge, it"s the othe(cid:396) (cid:449)a(cid:455) a(cid:396)ou(cid:374)d, the diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)es a(cid:396)e found at the level of general propositions then in particular details: an explanation of the words usually ends the controversy. Natural for us to seek a standard of taste. One position cut of all hopes of success in such an attempt.
