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Hume is an sceptic philosopher because he does not accept that truth

rational.justification nor truth is a plain mental construct. His scepticism is
reflected in his theory of knowledge. Hume argued that Truth is a mere
product of one's sense perception.of reality. It is through this sense
perception.that one gains an idea of something This idea, however is not
acquired through human reason This idea instead is the sense-
impression.that is produced from one's experience of a reality. In other words,
what Hume affirms as truth are only seen impressions not ideas formed by
human reason. His rejection of truth having a rational justification or being a
rational construct is what makes Hume a sceptic

2. The two contrasting philosophical schools of thought, namely,

Empiricism and Rationalism have been advocated or forwarded by David
Hume and Rene Descartes respectively. Hume's empiricism considers
experience as the source of knowledge. An idea of a thing is acquired through
perception which Hume refereed to as sense-imposition An idea for Hume,is
not a intellectual nor rational construct in contrast to Descartes' Rationalism.
Descartes argued that knowledge is only rationally justified. Ideas are innate
and there's no.need for seen experience to acquire or form.them.
Mathematical truths or the Rules of Logic are innate in.man and not acquired
through sense experience or even the innate idea of God. Kant tried to
reconcile these two contrasting schools of thought of birth Rationalism and
Empiricism. In Kant's Theory of Knowledge specifically in his Critique of Pure
Reason, head a distinction between the concepts of phenomenon and
phenomenon. The phenomenon refers to the presence of a thing which the
mind ca nit grasp and therefore unknowable. On the other hand the
phenomenon is the bone that is knowable. It is through.the concept of
phenomenon that Kant reconciled the internal.disagreement between
empiricism and rationalism or experience and reason. In knowing a thing it is
necessary to have a sense experience of the existence of such thing. To
experience a thing, however is not enough. The senses are not enough to
form.knowledge of a thing. Reason is needed as well. The categories, of the
mind which are a priori forms such as time, quality, identity, relation modality,
among others, are needed to grasp a thing and make it known.or knowable. In
other words,Kant involved both Hume's use of experience and Descartes' use
of reason. He made a synthesis of both. . 3. Husserl's phenomenology refers
to a school.of thought that centers on the person's lived experience of a
given.object. There are key concepts in Hisserl's phenomenal namely
intentionality epoch deistic reduction and phenomenological reduction. In
Husserl's concept of intentionality, consciousness is understood only as
consciousness of something. There is always an object of reference to be
conscious of. Husserl lusted.

3 steps to.phenomenological approach. The first step.is Epoch. This step

requires that one brackets out any biases or prejudices on the object.to be
experienced. The second step.is the Eidetic Reduction which gives the
essence of the object concerned. The third step.is the Phenomenological
Reduction which refers to.one's lived experience of the object at hand.
The question: Is suspension of judgement possible? Yes, it is possible to
suspend one's judgment.to bracket our or eliminate biases or prejudices
that may prevent one from.knowing.the "true" picture of an object
concerned. To have a lived experience of something, that something.must
present itself in.its "pureness" To have a consciousness.of something,
that something.must be freed from any.subjective or personal per-
conceived ideas or biases and prejudices. Judgment of something is
judgement of the object itself not laden or colored by.one's personal "Per-
understanding" borrowing the word of Hans George Gadamer.