N5 Hume

An impression is...

(Select all that apply)

• less forceful and lively than an idea.

• a sense-experience

• more forceful and lively than an idea.

• an idea we gain from experience

• created by the mind.

An idea is...

(Select all that apply)

• created by the mind.

• less forceful and lively than an impression.

• as forceful and lively as an impression.

• more forceful and lively than an impression.

• derived from impression(s).

The copy principle states that...

• All impressions are copies of ideas

• All ideas are copies of impressions

• All ideas come from impressions

• Complex ideas are copies of impressions

What is the difference between simple and complex ideas?

(Select all that apply)

• Simple ideas cannot be broken down into parts, complex ideas can.

• Simple ideas are not based on experience, complex ideas are.

• Simple ideas can be broken down into parts, complex ideas cannot.

• Simple ideas are based on experience, complex ideas are not.

'A red square' is an example of a...

• Complex idea

• Simple Idea

• Complex impression

• Simple Impression

What does Hume's 'golden mountain' example illustrate?

(Select all that apply)

• The distinction between experience and imagination.

• The distinction between impressions and ideas.

• The distinctions between simples and complex impressions.

• The distinction between simple and complex ideas.

Answer explanation

The idea of a golden mountain is created by imagination by combining the simple idea of 'gold' with the idea of 'mountain'.

Combining, transposing, augmenting and diminishing are performed by which faculty of the mind?

• Imagination

• Reasoning

• Memory

• Conceptualising

A simple idea...

• is an idea we are born with.

• cannot be combined with other ideas.

• can only come from inward impressions.

• cannot be broken down into parts.

What is the significance of the 'missing shade of blue' counter-example?

Select the most precise answer.

• It proves that the copy principle is true.

• It shows that most of our ideas do not come from an outward impressions.

• It proves that the copy principle is false.

• It shows that there is at least one example of an idea that does not come from an impression.

Which examples does Hume use in his second argument for the Copy Priniple?

• Laplanders, people who are blind or deaf, ultrasound used by bats.

• Species limitations, people who are blind or deaf, Inuit

• People with malfunctioning senses, Inuit, ultrasound used by bats

• Species limitations, people with malfunctioning senses, Laplanders

Answer explanation

According to Hume, these examples show that people without certain kinds of impressions lack the corresponding ideas.

This is his second argument for the Copy Principle.