The character of the belief in the uniformity of nature can perhaps be seen most clearly in the case in which we fear what we expect. Nothing could induce me to put my hand into a flame - although after all it is only in the past that I have burnt myself... Feeling Pain and Being in Pain, second edition - Page 20by Nikola Grahek - 2011 - 198 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Ludwig Wittgenstein - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1978 - 500 pages
...thought of the uniformity of nature amounts to can perhaps be seen most clearly when we fear the event we expect. Nothing could induce me to put my hand...all it is only in the past that I have burnt myself. The belief that fire will burn me is of the same nature as the fear that it will burn me. Here I see... | |
| Oswald Hanfling - Philosophy - 1989 - 218 pages
...help doing these things, any more than the squirrel can help acting in accordance with its nature. 'Nothing could induce me to put my hand into a flame...all it is only in the past that I have burnt myself (PI 472). Our certainty in these matters 'lies beyond being justified or unjustified; [it is,] as it... | |
| John W. Cook - Philosophy - 1994 - 382 pages
...likely that he will again be burned. In the Investigations Wittgenstein again employs this example: The character of the belief in the uniformity of nature...all it is only in the past that I have burnt myself (PI, §472). The belief that fire will burn me is of the same kind as the fear that it will burn me... | |
| Robert Fogelin - Philosophy - 2003 - 226 pages
...Without mentioning hnn by name, Wittgenstem gets Hume's standpomt exactly right when he says: 472. The character of the belief in the uniformity of nature...all it is only in the past that I have burnt myself, 473. The belief that fire will bum me is of the same kind as the fear that it will burn me.4 Here we... | |
| Russell B. Goodman - Philosophy - 2005 - 398 pages
..."knowledge." Consider how Wittgenstein continues the Investigations discussion cited previously: 132 The character of the belief in the uniformity of nature...all it is only in the past that I have burnt myself (PI, 472). The belief that fire will burn me is of the same kind as the fear that it will burn me (PI,... | |
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