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Who is considered to have had the greatest influence on contemporary analytic philosophy?
Who is considered to have had the greatest influence on contemporary analytic philosophy?
- Immanuel Kant
- John Locke
- David Hume (correct)
- George Berkeley
According to Hume, what are the two categories into which he divides our mental representations?
According to Hume, what are the two categories into which he divides our mental representations?
- Impressions and ideas (correct)
- Consciousness and unconsciousness
- Facts and opinions
- Perceptions and illusions
What is the view that all of our knowledge is ultimately acquired through sense experience called?
What is the view that all of our knowledge is ultimately acquired through sense experience called?
- Skepticism
- Empiricism (correct)
- Pragmatism
- Rationalism
Which movement in the twentieth century is heavily indebted to Hume's Empiricism?
Which movement in the twentieth century is heavily indebted to Hume's Empiricism?
According to Hume, what distinguishes impressions from ideas in our experience?
According to Hume, what distinguishes impressions from ideas in our experience?
Which philosopher briefly considered alongside Locke and Berkeley but focused on more closely?
Which philosopher briefly considered alongside Locke and Berkeley but focused on more closely?
According to the passage, what are memories considered to be?
According to the passage, what are memories considered to be?
What does the passage suggest about the imagination?
What does the passage suggest about the imagination?
What is a priori reasoning, as mentioned in the passage?
What is a priori reasoning, as mentioned in the passage?
According to the passage, what does a priori reasoning reveal?
According to the passage, what does a priori reasoning reveal?
What does Hume's Empiricism lead to, according to the passage?
What does Hume's Empiricism lead to, according to the passage?
What does Hume aim to delineate, as mentioned in the passage?
What does Hume aim to delineate, as mentioned in the passage?
According to the passage, what does our ability to reason about matters of fact depend entirely on?
According to the passage, what does our ability to reason about matters of fact depend entirely on?
What is Hume skeptical about, as mentioned in the passage?
What is Hume skeptical about, as mentioned in the passage?
According to the passage, what does the imagination guide by associating relations like resemblance, contiguity, and cause and effect?
According to the passage, what does the imagination guide by associating relations like resemblance, contiguity, and cause and effect?
What is the imagination's role in understanding, as per the passage?
What is the imagination's role in understanding, as per the passage?
