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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the following is the best definition of the razor principle?

2. What does Hume say would happen if you denied the existence of the 19th man of a group of twenty?

3. Hume says every simple impression is attended with what?

4. Under what two general classes do relations come?

5. How does Hume define demonstration?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can only our imagination produce belief in external objects?

2. Of what does Hume claim a substance is made up?

3. Why is resemblance so important in terms of relation?

4. What is the conventional view of cause and effect?

5. What is the microscope principle?

6. What is the difference between responsive and productive passions?

7. In terms of philosophy what is empiricism?

8. What does Hume say are simple perceptions?

9. What is the razor principle?

10. Why does Hume think we love the rich and admire only people we know?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the arguments for and against Hume's treatise? How did society initially react to Hume's ideas? How influential have Hume's ideas been on modern day society?

Essay Topic 2

Summarize each of the three books and answer the following questions.

1. What are the main arguments in each of the three books?

2. How does does each of the three books contribute to the overall argument?

Essay Topic 3

How does Hume break down morals? Why does Hume think morals are unnatural? What effect do morals have on the way humans think?

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