I would like to know how
DominionSeraph analyzes this statement of Hume's. I offer him a great debate.
"When we run over libraries, persuaded of these principles, what havoc must we make? If we take in our hand any volume of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance, let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames, for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion."
(David Hume An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding)
I think it is fatally flawed because that statement does not contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number. Nor does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence.
How do we make a meaningful statement that is
metaphysically stated, in order to tell us that
metaphysics is meaningless?
Obviously, and with his and your permission... the Great Debate Thread...