PHI 112

Review Questions for Test 4

1. Which of the following are the three main intellectual sources of Hume’s philosophy? The sceptic tradition,
Descartes’ rationalism, Lock’s empiricism,

2. Is it correct to say that Hume’s ultimate goal for developing philosophy is to perfect Locke’s empiricism?
Yes

3. Is it correct to say that Hume’s ultimate goal for developing philosophy is to defeat scepticism? No

4. Is it correct to say that Hume’s ultimate goal for developing philosophy is to establish a science of human
nature? Yes

5. Is it correct to say that Hume’s ultimate goal for developing philosophy is to show that human by nature is
irrational? Yes

6. Does Hume think that human beings are basically irrational? Yes

7. Does Hume think that human beings are limited in knowledge? Yes

8. Does Hume support the eighteenth century enlightenment movement in Western society? No

9. “All ideas are accompanied with mental images of sensory impressions.” Is this Hume’s view on the
relationship between ideas and sensory impressions? Yes

10. “Sensory impressions are mental representations of ideas.” Is this Hume’s view on the relationship
between ideas and sensory impressions? No

11. “All ideas are direct or indirect representations of sensory impressions.” Is this Hume’s view on the
relationship between ideas and sensory impressions? Yes

12. “Sensory impressions are exact but less vivid copies of ideas with mental images.” Is this Hume’s view on
the relationship between ideas and sensory impressions? No

13. Which of the following are universal ideas and which are particular ideas?
Particular- my watch, the person standing in distance, the hammer he is using, the table over there, the pen in
my hand
Universal- airplane, planet, tree, animal, furniture, automobile, building, university, business company,
country, culture, ethnicity, religion, flower, humans, desk.

14. Which of the following are relations of ideas and which are matters of fact?
Relation- Twenty multiplied by five equals eighty five Matter- Tiffin University is a professional university,
More and more countries are developing nuclear weapons, Crows are black and swans are white

15. “Some matters of fact are necessarily false.” Is this Hume’s point? No

16. “All matters of fact are possible true.” Is this Hume’s point? Yes

17. “Relations of ideas are necessarily true if they are true.” Is this Hume’s point? Yes
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18. “Relations of ideas are necessarily false if they are false.” Is this Hume’s point? Yes

19. “Causal relations are pre-established by God at the time he created the world.” Is this Hume’s view of
causation? No

20. “Cause and effects are solely determined by observing which event happens first.” Is this Hume’s view
of causation? No

21. “Causes and effects are determined by our mental custom.” Is this Hume’s view of causation? Yes

22. “Causal relations are constant conjunction of events independent of any observer.” Is this Hume’s view
of causation? No

23. “Our idea of self is in no sense a copy of our sensory impressions.” Is this the reason why Hume thinks
that our idea of the self is an illusion? Yes

24. “We are often mistaken about ourselves and we can never be sure who we are.” Is this the reason why
Hume thinks that our idea of the self is an illusion? Yes

25. “The idea of self is a universal idea and it can never be true.” Is this the reason why Hume thinks that
our idea of the self is an illusion? No

26. “We can always doubt ourselves and hence we are never sure about ourselves.” Is this the reason why
Hume thinks that our idea of the self is an illusion? Yes

27. “The mind is born with some innate ideas that help us understand the world.” Would Hume agree with
the point? No

28. “Whatever we have in mind already exist in our perception.” Would Hume agree with the point? Yes