Hume - Complex Ideas

Question 1

Compounding

Answer 1

Taking 2 or more ideas from the memory and putting them together to make a new idea.

• The golden Mountain
• The Virtuous Horse

Question 2

Transposing

Answer 2

To change the position of something. I can imagine science fiction monsters by ‘transposing’ part of an animal on human beings

Question 3

Augmenting

Answer 3

To increase the size of something. No problem imagining a mouse the size of a building.

Question 4

Diminishing

Answer 4

To decrease the size of something. i can imagine a tiny elephant