In Hume's last excerpt of the "Inquiry", Hume gives us an excerpt to chew on.
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.
In short, he states that true science rules all and fact is what we must rely on to see the truth.
For me, I find that Hume would favor in "pulling the plug"...
I just wanted some clarification and validation into whether my opinion was correct.
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.
In short, he states that true science rules all and fact is what we must rely on to see the truth.
For me, I find that Hume would favor in "pulling the plug"...
I just wanted some clarification and validation into whether my opinion was correct.