Impressions & Ideas (Hume)
Which one is stronger and more lively? an impression or an idea?
An impression
What does Hume say forms many of our expectations about how the world works?
Habit. No not 🍔
Did Hume believe in one permanent, unchanging self?
No, he said we’re a bundle of changing perceptions.
What was Berkeley’s job besides being a philosopher?
He was an Irish bishop
What’s one example from the story where they show how the mind combines different impressions to create imaginary things?
Angel & Pegasus
According to Hume, what are the two basic types of perceptions we experience?
Impressions and ideas
According to Hume, why do we expect certain things to happen over and over?
Because we’ve seen them happen many times before
Which older thinker does Alberto say had a similar view about the self always changing?
Buddha
What was Berkeley’s big claim about the things we sense in the world?
We only experience sensations, not actual “matter.”
What strong line does Hume use in the text to say we should reject meaningless ideas?
“Commit it then to the flames.”
If you burn your hand on the oven and later remember it, which one is the impression and which one is the idea?
The burn in the moment is the impression and the memory of it is the idea.
What is Hume’s main point about cause and effect?
We never see the “cause” itself, we only see one event happening after another.
According to Hume, what really guides our moral choices, reason or feelings?
Our feelings
According to Berkeley, what explains why the world stays consistent even when no one is looking at it?
God is the one constantly giving us our perceptions
What surprising message did the airplane carry on its banner in the Berkeley chapter?
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HILDE!”