1. Bushra Rashid TOK 2 nd period

2.  1711-1776  Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist  philosophical empiricism and skepticism  Knowledge comes from experience  Went along with John Locke & George Berkeley

3.  Knowledge comes from experience.  Perception:  “impressions”  Direct sensations  “ideas”  Copies of impressions  Human behavior is controlled by desire, not reason.  No judgment on matters of fact are true because they have contraries.  Rejected any rational or natural theology  Bundle theorist: Humans are made of a bundle of perceptions that we use to define ourselves.

4.  A Treatise of Human Nature (1739)  naturalistic understanding of man  psychological basis of human nature  An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748)  Of the Original Contract (1748)  Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth (1754)  The Natural History of Religion (1757)  Essays on Suicide and the Immortality of the Soul (1783)

5.  "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions."  “Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.”  “Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.”  “Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.”  “Truth springs from argument amongst friends.”  “He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.”

6.  “Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.”  “The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.”

7.  He questioned facts, values, perception, knowledge, cause-and-effect, the existence of God, and human behavior.  "I was awakened from the dogmatic slumber when I read Hume." – Immanuel Kant

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