"An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" Self-Quiz

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. What makes sensation different from thought, for Hume?

Sensation is more vivid correct incorrect

Sensation is less vivid correct incorrect

Sensation is limited, where thought is limitless correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following isn't a way ideas associate with each other, according to Hume?

Resemblance correct incorrect

Chance correct incorrect

Cause and effect correct incorrect

Contiguity correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best describes matters of fact?

Relations of ideas are those ideas we arrive at through sensation correct incorrect

Relations of ideas are those ideas we arrive at through reasoning about causes and effects correct incorrect

Relations of ideas can be established through thought alone, through demonstrative reasoning correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. What, for Hume, determines our causal inferences?

Demonstrative reasoning correct incorrect

Abstruse metaphysics correct incorrect

Relations of ideas correct incorrect

Custom or habit correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is the source of our impression of necessary connection?

Our senses correct incorrect

Willing a thought correct incorrect

The feeling of volition correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. For Hume, thought is limited.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. All ideas derive from impressions, according to Hume..

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Hume argues that only some reasoning concerning matters of fact is founded upon cause and effect.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect