Humeian
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of Humean. alt-of, alternative
- 1 Alternative form of Humean. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
"1963, Walter John Hipple Jr. [ed.] in the preface to the 1963 Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints edition of Alexander Gerard’s 1759 Essay on Taste, page viii This was the philosophical company Gerard kept, and it is surprising to find in him so much of the Humeian analyst as we do alongside the inevitable concessions to “common sense.”"
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More examples"1963, Walter John Hipple Jr. [ed.] in the preface to the 1963 Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints edition of Alexander Gerard’s 1759 Essay on Taste, page viii This was the philosophical company Gerard kept, and it is surprising to find in him so much of the Humeian analyst as we do alongside the inevitable concessions to “common sense.”"
Etymology
From Hume + -ian.
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