...conclusion about the origin of the whole containing that part, what justifies basing our analogy on 'so minute, so weak, so bounded a principle as the...design of animals is found to be upon this planet?' (DNR: 50). In particular, why focus on thought as the part of the universe especially suited to shed...

...it is, but the reasoning, being grounded in empirical fact, cannot have the certainty of the former. What peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call thought, that we must make it the model of the whole universe? David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion For example,...

...the foundation of our judgment concerning the origin of the whole (which can never be admitted) yet why select so minute, so weak, so bounded a principle as the reason and design of animals as found to be upon this planet? What peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which...

...design of animals as found to be upon this planet? What peculiar ptivilege has this lirtle agiration of the brain which we call thought, that we must thus make it the model of the whole universe? Our partiality in our own favour does indeed present it on all occasions; bur sound...

...the foundation of our judgement concerning the origin of the whole (which never can be admitted); yet why select so minute, so weak, so bounded a principle,...thought, that we must thus make it the model of the whole universe? 22 The common people (from the Latin for "the common people," vulgus). 23 Calmness...

...Going, Going, Gone: The Place of Poetry in American Letters 167 16. The Writing Life 181 Credits 191 What peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call thought, that we take it to be the model of the whole universe? DAVID HUME Author's Note In 1996 I published an essay...

...the foundation of our judgment concerning the origin of the whole (which never can be admitted), yet why select so minute, so weak, so bounded a principle...of the brain which we call "thought," that we must make it the model of the whole universe? Our partiality in our own favor does indeed present it on...

...us much about the universe. The wonder of human thought should not make us expect thought elsewhere: "What peculiar privilege has this little agitation...thought, that we must thus make it the model of the whole universe? Our partiality in our own favor does indeed present it on all occasions; but sound...

...moreover, should conscious, intentional thought, which is only a part of nature, be considered the cause of the whole? "Why select so minute, so weak, so bounded a principle as the reason and design of animals as cause of the whole universe?" (Hume 1779, Part II). What was novel about Paley's Natural Theology...

...be observing our mind directly. Chapter 12 The Universe of Mind ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'. Speculations on experience: —Hume At any given moment, our mind is the sum total of what we are experiencing....