Philosophy 1130F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cultural Universal, Syllogism
4 Apr 2016
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Hume: enquiry concerning human understanding & a treatise of. Hume makes a claim that the basis of science will be found inside the human mind. // faculty of understanding: it is important to investigate within the human mind. How do we acquire ideas // where do they come from: perception. Two types of perceptions: distinguishes them by how vivid they are. Hearing, seeing, touching, tasting, smelling, feeling (emotions) things (vivid) Impressions: the things that we see, very alive, things we perceive directly (clearer than ideas) // not necessarily clearer in descartes" definition. Ideas (not as clear as impressions, not as vivid: there is a relation between these two types of perceptions. Impressions ideas: impressions cause ideas we see/hear/feel/touch/smell/taste something and begin to think about it, you can imagine anything, but it is usually sparked/inspired by an impression. Example: you can think of a golden mountain but this is a mixture of two impressions (mountains and gold)
