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>From MILDRED FERENTINO:

"It may be understood in a very reasonable sense, and is a necessary preparative to the study of philosophy, by preserving a proper impartiality in our judgments, and weaning our mind from all those prejudices which we may have imbibed from education or rash opinion. To begin with clear and self-evident principles, to advance by timorous and sure steps, to review frequently our conclusions and examine accurately all their consequences; though by these means we shall make both a slow and a short progress in our systems are the only methods by which we can ever hope to reach truth and attain a proper stability and certainty in our determinations."

rm says: This is his methodological skepticism. But there's also an epistemic position.

Hume Reading Guide 69. Describe Hume's preferred moderate skepticism.		Back to Hume Reading Guide Back to Philosophy 101 Home Next Question
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