The Innateness Charge: Conception and Belief for Reid and Hume

Catherine Kemp

The Innateness Charge: Conception and Belief for Reid and Hume

Reid Studies 3 (2):43 (2000)

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Abstract

Hume's notion of conception is closer to Reid's than Reid realizes and may lie behind Hume's charge in the letter to Hugh Blair (1762) that Reid's philosophy "leads us back to innate ideas".

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David Hume Thomas Reid Conception Idea Innate ideas Hugh Blair

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Hume and Other Philosophers in 17th/18th Century Philosophy

Hume: Belief in 17th/18th Century Philosophy

Thomas Reid in 17th/18th Century Philosophy

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