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Hume'un Felsefesinde 'İlk Neden'

The ‘First Cause’ in Hume’s Philosophy

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Abstract (2. Language): 
Hume accepts and discusses two kinds of ‘causes’ in his writings. One of them causes is the particular cause. The other which Hume discusses is the cause that can be perceived in every-where in the universe. As is commonly known, Hume constructs the theoretical foundation of ‘cause’ and ‘causality’ in his first two books, namely Treatise of Human Nature and Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. But in his later books, especially in Dia-logues Concerning Natural Religion and Natural History of Reli-gion, Hume, discusses the cause of the universe. In this paper we will discuss whether can we define this second kind of cause ‘cause’ as the ‘first cause’ or not. It looks that Hume uses the expression “first cause of all” not only in epistemological sense but also to de-note a theological meaning.
Abstract (Original Language): 
Hume çalışmalarında iki türlü ‘neden‘ kabul etmekte-dir. Bunlardan biri tek tek varlıkların nedenleridir. Diğeri de evre-nin her yerinden çıkarabileceğimiz bir nedendir. Yaygın olarak bi-lindiği gibi nedensellik kuramına dair düşüncelerini ilk iki eseri olan Treatise of Human Nature ve Enquiry Concarning Human Understanding isimli çalışmasında şekillendirir. Fakat daha sonraki iki temel çalışması olan Natural History of religion ve Dialogues Concernin Natural Religion kitaplarında Hume evrenin nedeni hakkında tartışmalara yer verir. Bu çalışmada Hume’un bu ikinci tür ‘neden’ini bir tür ‘ilk neden’ olarak tanımlayabilip tanımlana-mayacağımızı tartıştık. Öyle anlaşılıyor ki Hume “her şeyin ilk ne-deni” kavramını salt epistemolojik anlamdan çok teolojik bir an-lamda kullanmaktadır.
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Hume, D. (1978). Treatise of Human Nature (ed. L.A. Selby-Bigge). Oxford: Claren-don Press.
Nathan, G. J. (1995). The Existence and Nature of God in Hume’s Theism. David Hume: Critical Assesments (ed. S. Tweyman). Vol. V. New York: Routledge.

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