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Philosophy Test 1 (Hume)

Philosophy Test 1 (Hume)

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	How is Hume an empiricist?	He believes everything starts as a blank state.
	Relations of Ideas vs Matters of Fact	Relations of Ideas (Certain Knowledge) Necessarily True; negation is logical impossible Mental events Can be proven/demonstrated Are independent of experience Mathematics/Logic Matters of Fact (Beliefs, Mitigated Skeptic) Contingently true: negation is a possibility Dependent of experience Cannot be proven or disproven
	"Habitual Conjunction of Events" Sentimental Response	Sentimental Response: The idea of right & wrong depends on sentimental response.
	Define mitigated skepticism	Mitigated Skepticism: some degree of true knowledge is possiblebut many of our beliefs lack sufficient justification to count as knowledge.

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