WILL AND LIBERTY IN HUME AND BERKELEY

Authors

  • Marcelo Fonseca de Oliveira

Keywords:

ethics, will, liberty

Abstract

This paper aims to compare Hume and Berkeley’s approach on will and liberty. Berkeley defines will as a mind’s faculty, whereas Hume understands it attached to impressions. Both philosophers claim for definition as a philosophical method to enhance the knowledge of nature. The conclusion discusses determinism as attached to liberty. Since his religious commitment, Berkeley tried to turn compatible determinism and liberty. Despite the current arguments that called Hume a stringent determinist due to his aim of a Science of human nature, we state that this thesis should be revised. In other words, we can’t assure definitely Hume as a determinist (Penelhum, 1993, 243), seeing that his argument covers the possibility of liberty.

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Published

2021-07-05

How to Cite

FONSECA DE OLIVEIRA, . M. . WILL AND LIBERTY IN HUME AND BERKELEY. Polymatheia - Philosophical Journal, [S. l.], v. 12, n. 20, 2021. Disponível em: https://revistas.uece.br/index.php/revistapolymatheia/article/view/5775. Acesso em: 2 jun. 2024.