Name: Sukhsharn Kaur Johal
AAA#: 3
Date due: 11 May 2015
Author of the text: David Hume
Title of the target text and passage: Section II through Section IV
Thesis: Hume is attempting to prove that all our knowledge comes from experience and that our reasoning can never truly show us how the world is or let us prove what really exists.
Steps:
#1: Hume separates the perceptions of the mind into two categories: Ideas and Impressions.
C1: The author uses this step to introduce the concept of ideas and impressions, both of which form the foundation of our knowledge.
#2: Impressions are more lively than ideas and impressions are when we hear, or see, or feel, or love, or hate, or desire, or will. C2: The author uses this step to define the term impressions.
#3: Ideas are when we think or look back on our …show more content…
C15: The author uses this step to define cause and effect and sets up the next step.
#16: When we reason without experiences and think of any object or cause, it can’t tell us the notion of an object such as its effect. C16: The author uses this step to prove his point that we need experience to gain knowledge.
#17: Hume questions what is the nature of all our reasonings concerning matter of fact and answers that they are founded on relation of cause and effect.
C17: The author uses this step to cause the reader to reflect back on what the author had previously said in this passage.
#18: Hume questions what is the foundation of all our reasonings and conclusions concerning that relation and replies in one word, experience.
C18: The author uses this step to cause the reader to reflect back on what the author had previously said in this passage.
#19: Hume questions what is the foundation of all conclusions from experience? C19: The author uses this step to cause the reader to think deeply about
AAA#: 3
Date due: 11 May 2015
Author of the text: David Hume
Title of the target text and passage: Section II through Section IV
Thesis: Hume is attempting to prove that all our knowledge comes from experience and that our reasoning can never truly show us how the world is or let us prove what really exists.
Steps:
#1: Hume separates the perceptions of the mind into two categories: Ideas and Impressions.
C1: The author uses this step to introduce the concept of ideas and impressions, both of which form the foundation of our knowledge.
#2: Impressions are more lively than ideas and impressions are when we hear, or see, or feel, or love, or hate, or desire, or will. C2: The author uses this step to define the term impressions.
#3: Ideas are when we think or look back on our …show more content…
C15: The author uses this step to define cause and effect and sets up the next step.
#16: When we reason without experiences and think of any object or cause, it can’t tell us the notion of an object such as its effect. C16: The author uses this step to prove his point that we need experience to gain knowledge.
#17: Hume questions what is the nature of all our reasonings concerning matter of fact and answers that they are founded on relation of cause and effect.
C17: The author uses this step to cause the reader to reflect back on what the author had previously said in this passage.
#18: Hume questions what is the foundation of all our reasonings and conclusions concerning that relation and replies in one word, experience.
C18: The author uses this step to cause the reader to reflect back on what the author had previously said in this passage.
#19: Hume questions what is the foundation of all conclusions from experience? C19: The author uses this step to cause the reader to think deeply about