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Humean, Humian, a. and n.|ˈhjuːmɪən|
Also Huˈmeian.
[f. personal name Hume: see -an.]
Of or pertaining to the philosophical system or doctrine of David Hume (1711–76). Also as n. So ˈHumism, the philosophy of David Hume; ˈHumist, an adherent of this.
1800Lamb Lett. (1888) I. 115 The cursed philosophical *Humeian indifference. 1866Reader 24 Mar. 296 The old Humean dogma, that ‘no amount of testimony can render a miracle credible’. 1884J. H. Stirling in Mind Oct. 540 Its general nature is understood, and the peculiar Humian point of it seen into.
1890W. James Princ. Psychol. I. x. 330 And if, with the *Humians, one deny such a principle and say that the stream of passing thoughts is all, one runs against the entire common-sense of mankind. 1960Guardian 2 Mar. 7/2 Most unbelievers in our society are Humeans; and one can be a Humean in this sense without ever having heard of Hume.
1858W. R. Pirie Inq. Human Mind ii. iv. 209 It is substantively *Humeism though the conclusion may be somewhat differently argued out. 1884Athenæum 4 Oct. 425/3 The expansion of Humism by the Mills and their school.
Ibid. 20 Dec. 800/1 The influence of the encyclopædists in France and of the *Humists in England. |