{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2079573173","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hms.2011.0572","title":"Hume, The Causal Principle, and Kemp Smith","display_name":"Hume, The Causal Principle, and Kemp Smith","publication_year":1975,"publication_date":"1975-04-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2079573173","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hms.2011.0572","mag":"2079573173"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1353/hms.2011.0572","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hms.2011.0572","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hms.2011.0572","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S154562576","display_name":"Hume studies","issn_l":"0319-7336","issn":["0319-7336","1947-9921"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","erih-plus","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-4","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Hume Studies","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014228431","display_name":"D. C. STOVE","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"D. C. Stove","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5014228431"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":7.6552,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":4,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.96541353,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"1","issue":"1","first_page":"1","last_page":"24"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14371","display_name":"Hume's philosophy and hair distribution","score":0.7226999998092651,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3300","display_name":"General Social Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14371","display_name":"Hume's philosophy and hair distribution","score":0.7226999998092651,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3300","display_name":"General Social Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11477","display_name":"Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics","score":0.24379999935626984,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13558","display_name":"Philosophy, Science, and History","score":0.005900000222027302,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1207","display_name":"History and Philosophy of Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/david-hume","display_name":"David Hume","score":0.9419999718666077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/causality","display_name":"causality","score":0.8130000233650208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/empiricism","display_name":"empiricism","score":0.4090000092983246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/logical-possibility","display_name":"logical possibility","score":0.5950000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/self-consistency","display_name":"self-consistency","score":0.5270000100135803}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777152325","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108163","display_name":"Proposition","level":2,"score":0.9597223997116089},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777685122","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170028","display_name":"Falsity","level":2,"score":0.9388676881790161},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2185349","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190558","display_name":"Negation","level":2,"score":0.7952316999435425},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777026412","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2684591","display_name":"Statement (logic)","level":2,"score":0.6903101801872253},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.6202402710914612},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.4982731342315674},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166374712","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209555","display_name":"Tautology (logic)","level":5,"score":0.4209710359573364},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144237770","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q747534","display_name":"Mathematical economics","level":1,"score":0.35878145694732666},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.33384206891059875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.11545443534851074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.08480316400527954},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.07636025547981262},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C102993220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387196","display_name":"Description logic","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3845977","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4826262","display_name":"Autoepistemic logic","level":4,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C203659156","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6934805","display_name":"Multimodal logic","level":3,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1353/hms.2011.0572","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hms.2011.0572","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hms.2011.0572","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S154562576","display_name":"Hume studies","issn_l":"0319-7336","issn":["0319-7336","1947-9921"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","erih-plus","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-4","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Hume Studies","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:muse.jhu.edu:/article/389383","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://muse.jhu.edu/article/389383","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196299","display_name":"Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I145311948","host_organization_name":"Johns Hopkins University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I145311948"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":6,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W588908907","https://openalex.org/W1571008965","https://openalex.org/W1968410976","https://openalex.org/W2046942789","https://openalex.org/W2072072512","https://openalex.org/W4240094964"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1595987560","https://openalex.org/W3144344180","https://openalex.org/W2739450447","https://openalex.org/W4251953440","https://openalex.org/W4231489704","https://openalex.org/W1596164366","https://openalex.org/W185458642","https://openalex.org/W2043531518","https://openalex.org/W648918471","https://openalex.org/W2496825143"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"HUME,":[0],"THE":[1],"CAUSAL":[2],"PRINCIPLE,":[3],"AN'D":[4],"KEMP":[5],"SMITH":[6],"When":[7],"we":[8,17,613,616],"say":[9,642],"of":[10,52,70,95,373,438,501,516],"a":[11,50,68,101,123,141,200,259,364,369,397,580],"proposition":[12,34,102,124,142,201,235,298,370,398],"that":[13,23,28,56,85,610,643,661],"it":[14,24,82,127,309,358,453,635],"is":[15,25,54,61,72,79,83,106,144,160,184,203,220,239,258,261,263,276,299,310,344,359,363,366,368,375,402,406,413,419,427,444,454,489,518,549,568,579,582,597,600,611,624,636,647],"possible,":[16,27],"sometimes":[18],"mean":[19,118],"no":[20,89,353,657],"more":[21,429,507,520],"than":[22,41,452],"logically":[26],"is,":[29,147,210],"consistent":[30,76,108,174,221,414,420],"with":[31,77,114,175,223,226,415,421],"itself.":[32,176],"A":[33,389],"can":[35,87,103,399],"be":[36,67,88,104,133,138,400,464,524,557,577,656],"possible":[37,105,190,245,269,290,376,401,407],"in":[38,45,99,112,131,191,246,270,291,327,333,378,382,395,424,433,455,481],"stronger":[39,97,250,393],"senses":[40,98],"this,":[42],"but":[43,207,348],"not":[44,58,166,171,204,211,300,345,618],"any":[46,179,214,232,445,449,525,530,608],"weaker":[47],"one.":[48],"For":[49,594],"sense":[51,69,91,196,251,385,394,515],"\"p":[53,60,71,78,517],"possible\"":[55,73,519],"did":[57],"entail":[59],"self-consistent":[62],",":[63,122,217,236,302,663],"\"would":[64],"have":[65],"to":[66,137,435,457,492,552,572,592,641,650,655],"which":[74,100,188,243,308,357,374,396],"was":[75,326],"self-inconsistent\"":[80],"And":[81],"obvious":[84],"there":[86,304,351,653],"such":[90,281,315,660],"as":[92,283,317,467],"that.":[93],"One":[94],"the":[96,192,247,271,292,296,341,371,379,383,403,436,499,513,630,633],"this:":[107],"(with":[109],"itself":[110,224,416],"and":[111,163,169,194,225,249,265,287,381,391,409,423,440,447,476,504,509,528,632],"addition)":[113,425],"every":[115,227,644],"observation-statement.":[116,531],"(I":[117],"by":[119,135],"an":[120],"observationstatement":[121],"which,":[125],"if":[126,408,411,595,615,622],"were":[128],"true,":[129],"could":[130],"principle":[132],"discovered":[134],"experience":[136],"true.)":[139],"If":[140,199],"?":[143,202,405,426,448,458,475,523,534,556,576,623],"contingent,":[145,165,264,286],"(that":[146],"neither":[148,428],"necessarily":[149,152,167,172,473,538,558],"true":[150,474],"??t":[151],"false),":[153],"then":[154,218,584],"its":[155,182,237,266,277,288,505],"negation":[156],"(its":[157],"contradictory)":[158],"not-p":[159,219],"contingent":[161,180,206,234,347],"too;":[162],"since":[164,170,303,350,542,561,652],"false;":[168],"false,":[173],"So,":[177,230],"given":[178,231],"propositions,":[181],"falsity":[183,238,267,289,372],"among":[185,240],"those":[186,241],"propositions":[187,242],"are":[189,244,280,305,314,352,589,617],"first":[193,272,293,380],"weak":[195],"mentioned":[197,252],"above.":[198,253],"only":[205,346,410],"unverifiable":[208,233,301],",(that":[209],"deducible":[212,311],"from":[213,307,356,629],"observation-":[215,487,586],"statement)":[216],"both":[222,377],"observation":[228,354],"-statement.":[229],"second":[248,384],"Some":[254,494],"stock":[255],"examples.":[256],"\"Whatever":[257,578],"raven":[260,325,365,581,599],"black\"":[262,367],"therefore":[268],"sense;":[273],"so":[274],"too":[275],"contradictory":[278],"\"There":[279],"things":[282,316],"non-black":[284],"ravens\"":[285],"sense.":[294],"But":[295],"latter":[297],"observation-statements":[306,478],".":[312,388],"(\"There":[313],"green":[318,324],"ravens\",":[319],"for":[320,471,602],"example;":[321],"or":[322,480,606,664],"\"A":[323],"captivity":[328],"at":[329,607,637],"Taronga":[330],"Park":[331],"Zoo":[332],"January":[334],"31st":[335],"1975\".)":[336],"The":[337,460],"former":[338],"proposition,":[339],"on":[340],"other":[342],"hand,":[343],"unverifiable;":[349],"-statements":[355],"deducible.":[360],"Hence,":[361],"\"whatever":[362],"noticed":[386],"above":[387],"third":[390,514],"still":[392],"following:":[404],"(p":[412],",every":[417],"observation-statement":[418,446],"p,":[422],"nor":[430],"less":[431],"probable":[432],"relation":[434,456],"conjunction":[437],"e":[439,443,529,548,567,588,596,646,659],"n,":[441],"where":[442],"necessary":[450,526],"truth,":[451],"alone.":[459],"last":[461],"condition":[462],"may":[463],"expressed,":[465],"symbolically,":[466],"\"P(p/n.e)":[468],"\u00bb":[469],"P(p/n)":[470,543,562],"all":[472,477],"e\";":[479],"Carnap'":[482],"s":[483],"phrase":[484],"as,":[485],"\"every":[486],"statement":[488],"initially":[490,550,570,590,648],"irrelevant":[491,551,571,649],"p.\"":[493],"examples":[495],"will":[496,511],"quickly":[497],"make":[498,512],"idea":[500],"initial":[502],"irrelevance,":[503],"opposite,":[506],"familiar;":[508],"hence":[510],"familiar.":[521],"Let":[522],"truth":[527],"Now":[532],"let":[533,555,575],"be,":[535],"for-":[536],"example,some":[537],"false":[539],"proposition;":[540],"then,":[541,560],"\u00ab":[544],"o":[545],"=":[546,565],"P(p/n.e),":[547,566],"p.":[553,573,593],"Or":[554],"true;":[559],"\u00a6":[563],"1":[564],"again":[569],"Again,":[574,621],"black\":":[583],"some":[585],"statements":[587],"relevant":[591],"\"This":[598],"black,\"":[601],"example,":[603],"P(p/n.e)>P(p/n)":[604,662],";":[605],"rate,":[609],"what":[612],"think":[614],"inductive":[619],"sceptic?.":[620],"\"The":[625],"Holy":[626],"Ghost":[627],"proceeds":[628],"Father":[631],"Son\",":[634],"least":[638],"very":[639],"plausible":[640],"observational":[645,658],"p;":[651],"appears":[654],"P(p/n.e)":[665]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-09-26T08:19:03.415552","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}