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http://m.nautil.us/blog/why-david-hume-is-so-hot-right-now

All you have to do to get lots of praise from the current crop in philosophy is be a religious sceptic. That simple.

Is Hume a good starting point for getting into philosophy?

I've always had a passing interest in the subject, took a few classes at university (mostly for credit), and know some general things. Now I want to do it more seriously.

You can't derive an 'ought' from an 'is' - prove me wrong.

>>11787938
>There is no value in the former,
Oh my! Now you have bridged the fact/value gap. Care to share your findings? You are quite the philosopher young padawan

>>11732083
>observing cause and effect
No it's a metaphysical principle. As is the applicability of logic to nature, the conception of nature, the material, what constitutes time (which physics struggles with), space itself, how real geometry and mathematical structure in general is, generality itself, abstraction itself, and so on.
To the poster that said "information is real" that's a metaphysical position and peak popsci buzzword cultism. Rigorously define information and explain what you mean by this please.
Of course physics is metaphysical, physicists practice it all the time even though they staunchly deny it, maybe they just hate competition for some reason. Even though they're oddly shit at it though, which is why you have the mathematical multiverse and mainstream physicists instructing us we're in the Matrix.

>>11636036
>How do you combat somebody (a STEMfag)

>>11330985
It's impossible to know anything and you can't prove cause and effect. Refute me