English Explanatory Dictionary

Hume's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The idea that what ought to be the case cannot be deduced from what is already the case.

Word forms

Hume's law

Etymology

Named after Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume (1711–1776).

Synonyms

Hume's guillotine

Related words

is-ought problem
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