Exam 10: The Skeptic: David Hume

Locke was the first of the British empiricists.

A skeptic demands undoubtable evidence before accepting any knowledge claim as true.

Locke called for philosophers to focus their attention inward.

Who held that reason was the ground of all knowledge?

Locke held that substance was a complex idea.

Can an empiricist coherently believe in God? Explain your answer.

Who challenged Locke s copy theory of truth by pointing out that the so-called objects Locke held ideas correspond to lacked any fixed nature?

Do you believe that Hume is more likely to agree with the philosophy of Plato, or with the philosophy of Epicurus? Explain your answer, outlining the views of all three philosophers as you do so.

What is a fiction, according to idealism?

Locke claims that we have no idea of substance.

What is a self , according to Hume? What are his arguments for this view of the self? What philosophical position do they rest on? Do you agree with them? Why, or why not?

Who claimed that the skeptic wishes to cure the rashness of the dogmatist?

Which is not a secondary quality?

Who held that the refutation of skepticism if the whole business of philosophy ?

How many copies of the Treatise did Hume received as part of his payment for it?

A tabula rasa is a clean slate.

Where was Hume born?

Locke was profoundly affected by conversations he had in 1670.

Sound is a primary quality.

Size is a primary quality.