Essential Hume

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by Juan May 9, 2024
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David Hume’s philosophy is based on impressions and ideas, with impressions being the cause of ideas.

Like Descartes, he goes with the process of senses --> impression --> reflection --> ideas (desires, perception) --> soul

Complex ideas are made up of relations of ideas which have 7 kinds:

  1. Resemblance
  2. Identity
  3. Space Time
  4. Quantity
  5. Degree of Quality, Comparative
  6. Contrarity, Difference (Difference of number or kind)
  7. Cause Effect

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