Exam 10: The Skeptic: David Hume

Why did Locke reject Descartes epistemology? Do you believe that this rejection was justified, or not? Explain your answer.

Locke held that we can think about things before we have experienced them.

What did Hume once propose should be taxed?

The correspondence theory of truth is also known as the copy theory.

What did Hume say appeared nauseous to him?

The correspondence theory of truth is favored by rationalists.

Thomas Reid contrasted the plain man with the philosopher.

At what age did Hume write the Treatise ?

Descartes pursued the logical consequences of his premises.

Who held that reason alone could never provide a motive for any action?

If one accepts Hume s account of the degree to which we have knowledge of causation, is science possible? Explain your view fully.

Who was famously faced with the egocentric predicament?

Empiricism is the belief that all knowledge is derived from reason.

Locke held that Cartesian-style reasoning was dangerous.

Who developed the bundle theory of the self?

Empiricists believe that knowledge comes from sense data.

Who held that all qualities were secondary qualities?

Who explicitly wrote that skepticism was psychologically impossible?

Who famously visited Hume as he was dying?

Locke was educated as a theologian.