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HUME VS LOCKE
Hume
1711–1776
What's true is what survives the test.
Locke
1632–1704
What is is not what must be.
▸ WHERE THEY SHARPLY DISAGREED
The three dimensions on which Hume and Locke are farthest apart on Mull's 0–10 scale.
- Skeptical ReflexΔ 4 / 10Hume: 10/10Locke: 6/10
clearly (4/10): Hume holds doubt and suspended judgment as a discipline; Locke is more willing to commit.
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 4 / 10Hume: 3/10Locke: 7/10
clearly (4/10): Locke reaches for universal moral principles; Hume weighs particular contexts more heavily.
- Self as IllusionΔ 4 / 10Hume: 7/10Locke: 3/10
clearly (4/10): Hume treats the unified self as an illusion or construction; Locke takes the self as more given.
▸ WHERE THEY OVERLAPPED
Where the gap is smallest — both with meaningful presence on the dimension (not "neither cared").
- Vital Affirmationgap 0 / 10Hume: 6/10Locke: 6/10
Both register moderate vital affirmation.
- Embodied Sensibilitygap 1 / 10Hume: 6/10Locke: 5/10
Both register moderate embodied sensibility.
- Practical Orientationgap 1 / 10Hume: 7/10Locke: 8/10
Both lean strongly into practical orientation.
▸ ALL 16 DIMENSIONS
The full vector comparison. Bars show their 0–10 scores side-by-side.
- Ascetic TendencyΔ 1
- Communal EmbeddednessΔ 1
- Embodied SensibilityΔ 1
- Mystical ReceptivityΔ 1
- Practical OrientationΔ 1
- Reverence for TraditionΔ 1
- Self as IllusionΔ 4
- Skeptical ReflexΔ 4
- Sovereign SelfΔ 1
- Theoretical DriveΔ 2
- Trust in ExperienceΔ 1
- Trust in ReasonΔ 3
- Tragic VisionΔ 1
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 4
- Vital AffirmationΔ 0
- Will to PowerΔ 2
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