ANIMALS, HUME, HUSSERL, AND THE HORIZON: ON REASON AND INFERENCE IN HUME
ANIMALS, HUME, HUSSERL, AND THE HORIZON: ON REASON AND INFERENCE IN HUME

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, my main aim is to look closely at a passage in the Section “Of the Reason of Animals” of Hume's first Enquiry and to see how a Husserl-based reading of it sheds light on the concepts of reason and inference as used by Hume. In section 1, I briefly resume the content and function of Hume’s “Of the Reason of Animals” both in the Treatise and the Enquiry; next, I bring in the some concepts and theories from Husserl and speak about the general affinity between Husserl and Hume; and finally, I read closely the selected passage from Hume's Enquiry with help of the Husserlean toolkit and show what Hume most likely meant by „reason“ and „inference“ (at least in this passage).

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