David Hume

The basis behind Hume and everything that he teaches is quite simple. Hume is telling people that they must acknowledge the fact that scientific knowledge or knowledge in general is not quite what people think it is. It is not secure. This idea is thought provoking and very scary. This is telling people that they must throw out much of what they believe to be true and begin to question it. Knowledge is not always what people believe it to be. Hume based his teachings on skepticism rather than…

Hume argues that we are naturally inclined to reason about the world using evidence from our senses or past experiences, but whether this evidence we use is actually good as knowledge is what he questions. Hume argues that our beliefs about what is true about something, is based on our past observations of that thing. For example, the laws of physics are assumed to be true because in all past observations they have held true. According to Hume, the problem with what we regard as knowledge is…

He claims that Locke’s Theory of Perception is far too simplistic due to its failure to capture the complexity of experience. Therefore, he rejects the correspondence theory of truth. Instead, Hume believes in the coherence theory of truth, which states that an idea is true to the degree it coheres within a larger pattern of thinking. In Hume’s Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, he distinguishes the two perceptions of the mind: impressions…

David Hume was powerfully influenced by John Locke and George Berkeley in his university studies and further on in life. Hume's focus was that of philosophy, he had the sort of persona that allowed him to pose earth shattering questions like do we have any reason to believe that selves exist? Considering this aspect of Hume, it is very easy to understand the complexity of his mind. David Hume is known today due to his highly influential outlooks of empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism. David…

the memories of sensations. David Hume recognises these differences, and divides the mental contents into two classes or species known as ideas and impressions. Hume uses the ‘Copy Principle’ which stated that ideas are copies of impressions to suggest the possibilities that every idea is derived from an impression. His principle is an attempt to explain how we form the beliefs about the world. Even though there is one contradictory phenomenon to his theory, in which Hume ignored as something…

David Hume and Immanuel Kant corresponded beyond numerous doctrines and writings beyond the value of art, while both opposing to the use of ethical didacticism. As theorists, they both highlight the value of fine art as a view of pure virtuoso, with the intent that the beauty and value of the art that is gathered from overall ideologies or through intellect cannot be knowledgeable. However, these two philosophers primarily are at odds over their philosophical message. The superficial agreements…

Reasoning for Reason Rene Descartes and David Hume are both philosophers and their various works have had an impact in the world of philosophy. In this paper, I will argue that Hume’s position on reason is better than Descartes’ because it makes more sense logically whereas Descartes’ position is based on something that cannot be scientifically proven. In Descartes’ opinion, everything you believe should be based on a solid, rational foundation. He explains that he, “had to raze everything to…

religious experience. Generally, religious experience refers to mystical experiences or miracles. David Hume presents an argument as to why we are almost never justified in believing that a miracle has occurred. Following will be a critique of Hume’s argument against miracles.…

signature strategy to approaching logic and observations, that effectively separates one philosopher from the next. Correspondingly, philosophers Thomas Hobbes and David Hume attempt to lay an empirical foundation, rooted deeply in the observations of the physical world. From the apprehension of facts via the senses, both Hobbes and Hume speculate on the nature of moral judgement itself. Immanuel Kant, on the other hand, rejects the experience and empiricism route…

conditions that need to be met, for causation to be applicable. At least three, need to be met altogether, such as temporal priority over cause and effect, and continuity. These conditions also have to happen at the same time, or it is not credible. David Hume has many theories towards causation, and looks for concrete causes and universal causes, with two kinds of effects, lawful and random events. Everything is made of a lawful element, and random elements. A natural cause effect is relations…