"Of Scepticism with Regard to the Senses" Self-Quiz

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. Which of the following is a limit that the skeptic faces, according to Hume?

Her assertions run contrary to everyday thought, and this isnt desirable correct incorrect

Even though she asserts that her belief or reason is not justified, she still must believe and reason thusly correct incorrect

Skeptics cant justify themselves philosophically correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following isnt a kind of impression conveyed by the senses, for Hume?

A bodys figure correct incorrect

Taste correct incorrect

Pain correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. What, according to Hume, makes our perception of objects different from passions that we feel?

Hume posits no difference between these two things correct incorrect

We suppose the objects we perceive continue to exist when we stop perceiving them correct incorrect

The perception of objects is better understood than our unruly passions correct incorrect

The perception of objects inherently involves reason correct incorrect

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. What, for Hume, is the principle of individuation?

No two perceptions can be of the same object correct incorrect

Perceptions are inherently different from our senses correct incorrect

The invariableness of an object over time allows us to take it to be the same object correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. What does Hume mean by the phrase the double existence of objects and perceptions?

That perceptions cannot be of independent objects correct incorrect

That we have a perception and it is of an object that exists independently of our perception correct incorrect

That we have two perceptions of any given object correct incorrect

That objects exist only in our perceptions correct incorrect

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. Hume argues that our senses dont cause us to believe in the continued existence of objects.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. For Hume, there is absolutely no differences between the beliefs we have about the continued existence of objects and the beliefs we have about cause and effect.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Hume holds that the belief in the continued existence of objects is prior to the belief in the distinct existence of objects.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect