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Pronunciation / Transliteration: xiūmò dìnglǜ
"休谟定律指出不能从“是”推導出“应当”。"
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The philosophical principle that one cannot logically derive prescriptive moral statements (what ought to be) solely from descriptive factual statements (what is).
"Violation of Hume's Law is common in arguments that attempt to prove a moral duty directly from a biological fact." - 2
The thesis on the independence of normative reasoning from purely empirical observations.
"Ethical intuitionists often cite Hume's Law to defend the autonomy of moral philosophy against strict reductionism."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Named after the 18th-century Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume, whose seminal work 'A Treatise of Human Nature' (1739) first articulated the observation. The term emerged in modern philosophical discourse to designate the logical gap between descriptive statements and prescriptive conclusions.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Hume's Law" is said worldwide
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la loi de Hume
Transliteration: la lwa də ym
"La loi de Hume stipule qu'on ne peut déduire un 'devoir-être' d'un 'être'."
Humes Gesetz
Transliteration: huːməs ɡəˈzɛt͡s
"Humes Gesetz besagt, dass man von Tatsachen nicht auf Normen schließen kann."
legge di Hume
Transliteration: ˈlɛdʒʒe di ˈum
"La legge di Hume evidenzia il divario tra giudizi di fatto e giudizi di valore."
ley de Hume
Transliteration: lej de jum
"La ley de Hume cuestiona el paso lógico del ser al deber ser."
lei de Hume
Transliteration: lej dʒi ˈum
"A lei de Hume é um conceito central na metaética contemporânea."
ह्यूम का नियम
Transliteration: hyum ka niyam
"ह्यूम का नियम तथ्यात्मक बयानों से नैतिक निष्कर्ष निकालने के तार्किक अंतर को स्पष्ट करता है।"
休谟定律
Transliteration: xiūmò dìnglǜ
"休谟定律指出不能从“是”推導出“应当”。"
흄의 법칙
Transliteration: hyum-ui beobchik
"흄의 법칙은 사실의 명제에서 가치의 명제를 도출할 수 없다는 원리이다."
ヒュームの法則
Transliteration: hyūmu no hōsoku
"ヒュームの法則は、事実命題から当為命題を論理的に導くことはできないとする。"
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