In section one of the Enquiry, David Hume briefly highlights the introduction to philosophy and what comes of it. He asserted that philosophy could be divided into two broad parts: the first part is the moral philosophy, also called the philosophy of human nature, and the other one is natural philosophy. Moral philosophy looks into both thoughts and actions. Hume further stresses in section one as a warning that philosophers with distinct expressions of thinking are more likely to be gotten rid of because the ones whose conclusions match intuitively with the popular opinion get favoured. He insists, however, that precision aids art and craft of every kind, and the craft of philosophy is not excluded.
The science of human nature was considered a solid foundation for the other sciences. He further explained that the foundation that is given to human psychology must be laid on observation and experience. It is presumed that Newton was Hume’s hero despite not mentioning him by name. Despite accepting the Newtonian maxim “Hypotheses non-fingo,” Hume distanced himself from making Hypotheses and proclaimed that observation and experiment were the only way to discover laws. Hume proposed an empiricist alternative to the initial priori metaphysics. Hume’s empiricism refuses to countenance any appeal to the supernatural in explaining human nature; therefore, it was naturalistic. In accord with the Newtonian view of the world, as a naturalist, Hume tries to prove that our minds work.
Hume displays his scientific study of human nature as similar to an anatomy of the mind or merely mental geography. In the Enquiry, he explains that it has two principal works: one is exclusively explanatory, and the other is descriptive. He believes that, finally, he will find the fundamental laws guiding economic and mental powers.
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