Studies in British Philosophy
Online ISSN : 2433-4731
Print ISSN : 0387-7450
Search
Advanced search
OR
Browse
Search
Volume 31
Displaying 1-9 of 9 articles from this issue
Show all abstracts
    • |<
    • <
    • 1
    • >
    • >|
  • Sydenham and Locke on the historical method
    Shigeyuki Aoki
    2008 Volume 31 Pages 13-33
    Published: March 20, 2008
    Released on J-STAGE: March 30, 2018
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.24587/sbp.2008_013
    JOURNAL FREE ACCESS
    Show abstractHide abstract

    Locke owed much to his precedent and contemporary natural philosophers for the formation of his philosophical thought. His debt to Descartes, Boyle and Sydenham has been widely recognized. This paper argues that the chief influence on Locke's empiricism is from his medical mentor, Sydenham, and examines the origin of Locke's “Historical, plain Method”. Locke's early medical manuscripts and Drafts for the Essay, written while Locke was working with Sydenham, reveal that he was under strong influence of Sydenham's strict empiricism. However, Locke took a more moderate position in Essay and was aware of the uses of probable hypotheses in natural philosophy.

    View full abstract
    Download PDF (874K)
  • Adam Smith on the irregularity of moral sentiment
    Akifumi Shimanouchi
    2008 Volume 31 Pages 35-52
    Published: March 20, 2008
    Released on J-STAGE: March 30, 2018
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.24587/sbp.2008_035
    JOURNAL FREE ACCESS
    Show abstractHide abstract

    Smith proposed an equitable maxim requiring that our moral sentiments of merit and demerit should be based on the expected consequence of the action. But in practice, these sentiments vary with the actual consequence. Smith called this ‘irregularity of moral sentiment (hereafter IS)’. In this paper I would like to suggest Smith's possible explanation and justification of IS in reference to the contemporary debates on moral luck and responsibility. Smith can explain IS in terms of epistemic value of consequence of action. Smith's justifications of IS are based on the practice of atonement and the agent's guilt feeling, which admit of both consequential and non-consequential interpretations.

    View full abstract
    Download PDF (877K)
    • |<
    • <
    • 1
    • >
    • >|
feedback
 Top