Understanding the Self

According to Hume, what are impressions?

• Recollections of past experiences

• Immediate sensations of external reality

• Abstract concepts formed by reason

• Ideas formed through imagination

What are ideas, according to Hume?

• Sensory inputs from the environment

• Logical deductions from impressions

• Recollections or copies of impressions

• Innate knowledge

Which of the following best describes the relationship between impressions and ideas?

• Ideas precede impressions

• Impressions are derived from ideas

• Ideas are copies of impressions

• They are unrelated

What principle explains how similar ideas are connected in the mind?

• Principle of Contiguity

• Principle of Cause and Effect

• Principle of Resemblance

• Principle of Identity

Which principle refers to the connection of ideas based on proximity in time or space?

• Principle of Resemblance

• Principle of Association

• Principle of Cause and Effect

• Principle of Contiguity

What principle allows us to infer one idea from another based on experience?

• Principle of Resemblance

• Principle of Contiguity

• Principle of Cause and Effect

• Principle of Memory

According to Hume, what makes a word meaningful?

• Its use in logical reasoning

• Its connection to innate ideas

• Its traceability to impressions or ideas

• Its frequency in language

What does Hume say about the concept of the “self”?

• It is a permanent soul

• It is an illusion created by memory

• It is a collection of impressions

• It is a divine essence

What role does imagination play in Hume’s theory of the mind?

• It creates impressions

• It connects ideas to form complex ones

• It replaces memory

• It generates innate knowledge

Which of the following statements aligns with Hume’s view of human nature?

• The self is a metaphysical soul

• The self is a rational essence

• The self is a divine spark

• The self is a bundle of perceptions