R4; David Hume Flashcards
He is a Scottish Pilosopher
David Hume
These are live and vivid perceptions
Impressions
Impressions are limited to our ___
senses
It comes from our memories or vast imagination. These are dull and less lively
Ideas
These are made from simple ideas which are derived from simple impressions
complex ideas
It consists of different ideas
imaginations
All our ideas are linked in specific ways
Association of Ideas
What are the three laws of association?
Resemblance, contiguity, cause and effect
Ideas are associated because they resemble one another
Law of Resemblance
Ideas are associated because they occur together in time or space
Law of Contiguity
Ideas are associated because one idea leads us to think of another as the cause or effect of the first
Law of Cause and Effect
2 kinds of knowledge
relations of ideas and matters of fact
are a priori and irreversible bonds formed between ideas
Relations of Ideas
This deals with reality. They are acquired after the fact and can thus be denied without fear of being contradicted
Matters of fact
facts are influenced by ____ and can be verified through ____
outside world; expeerience
It is a method of reasoning based on relation of ideas, It entails deriving logical facts from well establisheed axioms and inference rules
Demonstrative Reasoning
The law of ____ is used to reason out matters of fact
cause and effect
It is the necessary assumption for inductive reasoning
uniformity/ inductive principle
We base our reasoning or conclusions on cause and effect because it is a ____
force of habit
Pure imagination
fiction
combination of imagination and idea that our imagination corresponds with reality
belief
We can observe effect of something but cannot observe causation itself
body-body interaction
we know that we are moving our bodies but do not know when the mind commands it to
mind-body interaction
the ability to produce and/or come up with ideas out of the blue
mind-mind interaction
Two events that frequently go together
Constant Conjunction
Two events that reasonably go togetherr
Necessary Conjunction