Morett, Fernando (2014) The Vera Causa Principle in the 18th Century Moral Philosophy. [Preprint]

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David Hume has been largely read as a philosopher but not as a scientist. In this article I discuss his work exclusively as a case of science; in particular as a case of early modern science. I compare the moral psychology of self-interest, sympathy and sentiments of humanity he argues for with the moral psychology of universal self-interest from Bernard Mandeville, presenting the controversy between the two as a case of theory choice.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Morett, Fernando f.morett@lse.ac.uk
Additional Information:	To appear in 'Causes and Consequences', 2015, Rom Harré and Fathali Moghaddam (eds), Springer
Keywords:	David Hume, Bernard Mandeville, moral psychology, self-interest, sympathy, theory choice, vera causa, simplicity, inductive support, experimentum crucis
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Explanation General Issues > History of Science Case Studies Specific Sciences > Psychology General Issues > Theory Change
Depositing User:	Fernando Morett
Date Deposited:	29 Jul 2014 16:05
Last Modified:	29 Jul 2014 16:05
Item ID:	10906
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Explanation General Issues > History of Science Case Studies Specific Sciences > Psychology General Issues > Theory Change
Date:	26 July 2014
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10906

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