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"An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" Self-Quiz
David Hume
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What makes sensation different from thought, for Hume?
Sensation is more vivid
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Sensation is less vivid
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Sensation is limited, where thought is limitless
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None of the above
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Which of the following isnt a way ideas associate with each other, according to Hume?
Resemblance
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Chance
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Cause and effect
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Contiguity
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Which of the following best describes matters of fact?
Relations of ideas are those ideas we arrive at through sensation
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Relations of ideas are those ideas we arrive at through reasoning about causes and effects
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Relations of ideas can be established through thought alone, through demonstrative reasoning
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None of the above
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What, for Hume, determines our causal inferences?
Demonstrative reasoning
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Abstruse metaphysics
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Relations of ideas
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Custom or habit
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Which of the following is the source of our impression of necessary connection?
Our senses
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Willing a thought
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The feeling of volition
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None of the above
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For Hume, thought is limited.
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All ideas derive from impressions, according to Hume.
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Hume argues that only some reasoning concerning matters of fact is founded upon cause and effect.
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