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l T-Mobile LTE 12:20 PM XPHIL1119Humesq5.doc PHILOSOPHY 1119 Study Questions for Sections II &III; from Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 1. Hume divides all the perceptions of the mind into two classes. What are they? What is the difference between the two classes of mental perception? 2. How are we able to form an idea of a "gold mountain" even though we've never experienced one? 3. Where do all "the materials of thinking" come from? How do we come to have an idea of God? 4. Hume gives two arguments to support his philosophical principle about the origin of all the materials of thinking Provide a brief analysis of these arguments. 5. At the end of Section II, Hume proposes a simple test. First, what is the test? Second, what is the test meant to 6. What are the three "principles of association" that serve to connect our ideas? Open With Print

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Answer-6- According to Hume, different thoughts or ideas of the mind have a connection. Different ideas are connected together in all languages. The three main principles of association that serve to connect our ideas are Resemblance, Contiguity and Cause and effect. Here, resemblance refers to the principle of ideas that resemble something previously experienced by someone. Contiguity is known as the connecting principle of ideas. Similarly the principle of cause and effect refers to some event which lead to inquire as to cause of the event.

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