He argued that ethical judgments were based on feelings rather than on moral principles. This philosopher said that man was governed by custom, and argued that humans justified the use of induction by assuming that causes and effects were "constantly conjoined". This man apparently contradicted himself by positing the existence of a "missing shade" that a man who had experienced all other blues would be able to deduce. This British empiricist is often grouped with Berkeley and Locke but argued that we could never have true knowledge about complex ideas. For 10 points, name this Scottish philosopher, the author of works such as An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandin
He argued that ethical judgments were based on feelings rather than on moral principles. This philosopher said that man was governed by custom, and argued that humans justified the use of induction by assuming that causes and effects were "constantly conjoined". This man apparently contradicted himself by positing the existence of a "missing shade" that a man who had experienced all other blues would be able to deduce. This British empiricist is often grouped with Berkeley and Locke but argued that we could never have true knowledge about complex ideas. For 10 points, name this Scottish philosopher, the author of works such as An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.
He argued that ethical judgments were based on feelings rather than on moral principles.
David {Hume}