"Hume's
section entitled 'Of Scepticism with regard to the Senses' is his principal
discussion of objectivity-concepts. It is extremely difficult, full of mistakes,
and-taken as a whole-a total failure; yet its depth and scope and disciplined
complexity make it one of the most instructive arguments in modern philosophy
. One philosopher might be judged superior to another because he achieved
something of which the other was altogether intellectually incapable. By that
criterion Hume surpasses Locke and Berkeley-because, and only because, of
this one section."
Jonathan Bennett, Locke Berkeley Hume Oxford, 1971, OUP. p.313
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