David Hume Biography
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What did David Hume study at the University of Edinburgh?

  • Art history
  • Law and commerce (correct)
  • Medicine
  • Engineering

    • Why did David Hume not get a degree despite studying at the University of Edinburgh?

  • He dropped out
  • He focused on writing instead of finishing his studies
  • The text does not provide a specific reason (correct)
  • He failed his exams

    • What was the title of David Hume's publication that did not receive any attention?

  • The Wealth of Nations
  • Critique of Pure Reason
  • Meditations on First Philosophy
  • Treatise of Human Nature (correct)

    • Why was David Hume not on great terms with the church?

    <p>He published controversial works that criticized the church</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was David Hume's goal in relation to science?

    <p>To introduce the experimental method of reasoning into moral subjects</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What method did David Hume use in his moral philosophy that was inspired by Newton?

    <p>Inductive method</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Hume, what is the difference between impressions and ideas?

    <p>Impressions are strong and vivid perceptions, while ideas are weak perceptions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following laws of association states that thoughts easily run from one idea to the next?

    <p>Law of Resemblance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Hume believe about causation based on his analysis?

    <p>Causation is a psychological experience.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Hume, what is the mind at any given moment?

    <p>A collection of constantly changing perceptions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines one's behavior according to Hume?

    <p>Emotions and associated ideas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the products of the imagination according to Hume?

    <p>God</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does Hume suggest people learn how to act?

    <p>Through reward and punishment reactions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Law of Contiguity' in Hume's associationism primarily deals with what concept?

    <p>'Space'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Hume believe about the existence of physical reality?

    <p>It cannot be experienced directly by individuals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the title of David Hume's work that was not well-received and got zero attention?

    <p>Treatise of Human Nature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did Adam Smith not publish the manuscript given to him by David Hume?

    <p>Fear of competition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was David Hume impressed by and wanted to emulate in his approach to moral philosophy?

    <p>Isaac Newton's scientific methods</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did David Hume believe was the connection between science and human nature?

    <p>All sciences have some relation to human nature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what way did David Hume differ from Newton in the use of experiments in his philosophical approach?

    <p>Hume used careful observation instead of experiments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did David Hume describe his approach to creating a science of human nature?

    <p>Baconian inductive method</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Hume believe distinguished fact from fantasy?

    <p>The degree of belief that one idea belongs with the other</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Hume, what is the most important law of association?

    <p>Law of Cause and Effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did Hume view the mind and self?

    <p>There is no mind or self independent of perceptions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Hume consider as products of the imagination?

    <p>God, soul, matter, laws of nature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why does Hume argue that causation is a psychological experience?

    <p>We can never know two events occur together without witnessing them occur together</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Hume believe determines one's behavior?

    <p>&quot;Strong, vivid perceptions&quot; or emotions associated with ideas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Hume suggest all beliefs come from?

    <p>&quot;Reoccurring experiences explained by laws of association&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Law of Resemblance in Hume's associationism deal with?

    <p>Thoughts easily running from one idea to the next</p> Signup and view all the answers

    "Laws of association do not cement ideas together; they are more gentle forces." What concept does this statement support?

    <p>&quot;Loose associations between ideas due to lack of commonality&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

    "Ideas can be rearranged in the mind with our imaginations." What does this imply about Hume's view on simple ideas?

    <p>&quot;All simple ideas were once strong impressions&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

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