Hume Flashcards

1
Q

What are impressions and ideas?

A

Impressions are direct experiences.

Ideas are based on impressions.

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What are the principles of association?

A

Resemblance, contiguity in time and place, cause and effect

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Give examples for each one and how they operate:

A

Resemblance - seeing a photo of a friend makes me think of that friend
Contiguity in time - this day reminds me of the next day
Contiguity in place- the room I am in makes me think of the rooms next to each other in the building
Cause and Effect- seeing a wound makes me think of the pain it have caused

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What are the two objects of human reason or enquiry?

A

Relations of ideas and matters of fact

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How do we reason about matters of fact?

A

With cause and effect

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6
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How does cause and effect operate according to Hume?

A

Based on constant and regular conjunction, we form customs

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7
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Explain the billiard- ball example:

A

ball hits another and the other one moves. We tend to think the first one caused the second one to move but it’s not a causation. We see only one ball moving then the other one moving.

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What are the special powers of objects? And how do they differ from sensible qualities?

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Special powers are qualities of objects that are not perceivable through the senses.

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9
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Explain the bread example:

A

I can sense many qualities of bread: color, smell, taste, density, etc. I cannot sense its nourishing power. But when i eat the bread, it nourishes me.
Each time I eat it, it nourishes me.

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How do we make inferences about the future?

A

Based on constant and regular conjunctions we have experienced in the past upon which we have built customs.

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What is “custom” for Hume?

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A relation of cause and effect built based on constant and regular conjunction experienced in the past.

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12
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What is belief for Hume?

A

A feeling that attached itself to certain fictions and ideas.

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13
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What is the difference between belief and fiction?

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Our mind makes up fictions but we cannot choose to believed in certain ones of them. but since belief is a feeling, we cannot choose it. Belief attaches itself to certain things without our control.

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14
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Does belief have a place in all of the operation of our mind? How does Hume discuss this?

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Yes. He shows this with cause & effect, resemblance, contiguity in time and place to see if belief has a place.

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