PHIL 437

End of Class Questions

October 3, 2006: The example of the missing shade of blue shows that Hume’s picture theory of ideas is too simple. Explain.

October 16, 2006: Explain what Hume means when he says, "the necessary connection depends on the inference, instead of the inference's depending on the necessary connection."

October 24, 2006: What is Hume's explanation of why we believe in the continued and distinct existence of bodies?

November 11, 2006: On Hume's account, how am I able to believe that I existed and had perceptions during times of which I now have no memory?