Hume's Thought Flashcards
What led to Hume’s method?
The ‘new scene of thought’ had a profound effect on Hume’s philosophy and lead to his sceptical method of reasoning.
What is the sceptical method?
The sceptical method involves questioning all beliefs against scientific reasoning. It means that all truth claims must be based on reason and experience. Beliefs must be tested and not held to be true simply because of what is generally accepted.
What did Hume think about moral laws?
Hume argued that there are no moral laws or facts. Morals merely express our feelings which we treat as if they are moral facts.
What did the sceptical method lead Hume to doubt?
The sceptical method also led Hume to doubt whether there is such a thing as cause and effect. All we can observe are events happening in the world.
What did Hume reject by his sceptical method?
His scepticism lead him to reject the traditional creator designer God but possibly not God as an underlying principle of the universe.
