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"Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme." (Philosophy)
To check the operation of a vague generality under fire, take the typical example, "Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme." The question is asked, "Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived?" Our hero replies by opening his essay with "David...
Friday's decline more than wiped out the four previous days of healthy stock advances spurred by an unexpected rally of the dollar, which was bolstered by the intervention of central banks in the currency markets (see following story). For the week, the Dow was down 27.52 points. As usual...
Phooey. Without defending the Seven Sins (although a few, like Gluttony and Sloth, do have their good points), it must be pointed out that there is no historical or logical reason for supposing that bad personal judgment has any connection whatsoever to policy judgment.
Logical, rather than creative, capacities are emphasized in court, and not without reason. The power to create a reality, to imagine an allegory which lays bare the essence of a case, is as unfair as it is liberating, allowing the tangible reality to give way to the perceived reality of...