THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN F.C.S. SCHILLER’S PRAGMATIC HUMANISM AND THE CAUSALITY CONCEPT OF HUME

Abstract

It can be claimed that humanism is in close relation to the philosophy of Hume to oppose absolutist structures. The fact that pragmatism has an empiric structure is important in order to establish the soundness of this relationship. However, it should be kept in mind that the philosophy of Hume is fundamentally separated from humanism because of it’s skeptic and intellectualist tendencies. In addition, it is seen that humanism is trying to get rid of Hume’s criticism of causality and activity. Because F.C.S. Schiller, one of the proponents of pragmatic humanism, can be said to criticize the philosophy of Hume in terms of inadequacy and inconsistency. It can be stated that he tried to dominate a method where the will is taken from the center. Pragmatic humanism claims that Hume, who put forward his own psychology by asserting the inconsistency of rationalism, has many dichotomies in his claims about reality. If the ultimate goal is to achieve a testable, changeable and relative reality, it may be possible to adopt a voluntary structure. In order for such a structure to occur, a method where the human being is in the center should be built.