Episode 249: Phlegm and Carelessness (Hume's "The Sceptic")
Very Bad Wizards
Hume's Distinguishing Truth From Value
The nature of our sentiments varies too widely for there to be any one size fits all. But I do like that he goes out of his way to distinguish truth from value by saying, look, I'm, I need you to like this. He says in the operation of reasoning the mind does nothing but run over its objects as they are supposed to stand in reality without adding anything to them or diminishing anything from them. Though all human race should forever conclude that the sun moves and that the earth remains at rest,. Such conclusions are eternally false and erroneous.
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