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Hume Flashcards

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Impressions

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Senses

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2 kinds of perceptions

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Impressions and ideas

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Ideas

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Copies of our experiences and objects

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Simple idea

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Come from simple impressions

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Complex ideas

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Simple ideas put together

Also many complex ideas put together

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Serious philosophical question

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Why do we so strongly believe that things continue to exist even when we do not perceive them

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Continual in perceived existence

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Imagination, constancy, and coherence make us believe things continue to exist

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Constancy

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Similar impressions of the same object make is believe that object is still the same over time

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Coherence

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We predict what will happen to an object because it has been observed to happen before

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Where does self come from

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The perceptions one has

We can never truly see the self without impressions or idea

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