A Treatise of Human Nature Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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A Treatise of Human Nature Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Part 4, On the Sceptical and Other Systems of Philosophy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hume says causation allows us to do which is vital for our survival?
(a) Believe in a deity.
(b) Recall past events.
(c) Make predictions.
(d) Fall in love.

2. Hume tells the reader to fix his eye on what kind of spot?
(a) A black spot.
(b) A dirt spot.
(c) An ink spot.
(d) A lead spot.

3. What idea does Hume bring in to distinguish between knowledge and probability?
(a) Morals.
(b) Philosophical relations.
(c) Love and hate.
(d) Justice.

4. Which of the following is unreliable in terms of perceiving things?
(a) Objects.
(b) Reason.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Senses.

5. What does Hume use his razor theory to devalue?
(a) Reason.
(b) Abstract concepts.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) The imagination.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hume say the human mind resolves itself into what distinct kinds ?

2. What does Hume identify as the second philosophical relation?

3. What does Book One cover regarding human nature?

4. What does imagination do with simple ideas once it has separated them?

5. What kind of philosophers does Hume claim are confused themselves?

(see the answer key)

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