16 Questions
Who is considered to have had the greatest influence on contemporary analytic philosophy?
David Hume
According to Hume, what are the two categories into which he divides our mental representations?
Impressions and ideas
What is the view that all of our knowledge is ultimately acquired through sense experience called?
Empiricism
Which movement in the twentieth century is heavily indebted to Hume's Empiricism?
Logical Positivism
According to Hume, what distinguishes impressions from ideas in our experience?
Their vividness
Which philosopher briefly considered alongside Locke and Berkeley but focused on more closely?
David Hume
According to the passage, what are memories considered to be?
Faint copies of impressions
What does the passage suggest about the imagination?
It can formulate new ideas from old ones and aid in understanding
What is a priori reasoning, as mentioned in the passage?
Reasoning independent of experience
According to the passage, what does a priori reasoning reveal?
Logical relations between ideas only
What does Hume's Empiricism lead to, according to the passage?
Skepticism about many things
What does Hume aim to delineate, as mentioned in the passage?
The limits of human knowledge and understanding
According to the passage, what does our ability to reason about matters of fact depend entirely on?
A posteriori reasoning
What is Hume skeptical about, as mentioned in the passage?
Objective moral truths
According to the passage, what does the imagination guide by associating relations like resemblance, contiguity, and cause and effect?
Formulating new ideas from old ones
What is the imagination's role in understanding, as per the passage?
It aids in understanding when we reason well
Explore the philosophical tradition of empiricism with a focus on David Hume, John Locke, and George Berkeley. Learn about their contributions and ideas within the context of 17th and 18th century Great Britain.
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