Comparative Philosophy

Comparative Philosophy

The Problem of Belief and the Human Self (A Reflection on the Correlation between the Views of Hume, Kant, and Wittgenstein)

Document Type : Original Article

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Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Theology Department, University of Tehran, College of Farabi, Iran
10.30487/cph.2026.2078235.1063
Abstract
At the present essay we are surveying about two important concepts in philosophy of mind and cognition theories, namely "Belief" and "Self" in philosophical standpoints of Hume, Kant and Wittgenstein. In this article we explore correlation between viewpoints of these thinkers; and we show how Hume's impressionism and experimental knowledge theory caused to psychological explanation of Belief and Self. Therefore, we attend to subjective theory of Kant about Belief and Self; and we study Kant's critical position in this case and his appraise on Hume's viewpoint about Belief and Self. In continue, we present linguistic standpoint of Wittgenstein about Belief and Self and its relation to Hume's and Kant's viewpoint. At last, we consider to revolution of these standpoints. In conclusion, we sight how linguistic epistemology of Wittgenstein is related to Hume and Russel's empirical explanation of Self and Belief and subjective stand point of Kant and how this linguistic theory helps to contemporary philosophy of mind and cognition.
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