WorksheetsDavid Hume and His Philosophical Contributions
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What was David Hume's main approach to belief?
Belief is based on faith
Belief is a divine gift
Belief is irrelevant
Belief must track evidence
In which essay did Hume first challenge the concept of miracles?
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
A Treatise of Human Nature
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Of Miracles
According to Hume, what is a miracle?
A scientific anomaly
A natural occurrence
A divine intervention
A violation of a law of nature
What does Hume suggest about testimony for miracles?
It is divinely inspired
It is universally accepted
It is always reliable
It is finite and prone to error
What is the main critique of the design argument in Hume's Dialogues?
The analogy between world and machine is weak
The universe is perfect
The world is a machine
The universe is chaotic
What does Hume's empiricism suggest about the cosmological argument?
Causation is a divine principle
Causation is irrelevant
Causation is a habit, not a necessary connection
Causation is a scientific fact
How does Hume sharpen the problem of evil?
By denying the existence of evil
By accepting evil as necessary
By proposing simple ways the world could be better
By ignoring the problem
What does Hume say about reason and passions?
Reason is superior to passions
Passions are the slave of reason
Reason is the slave of the passions
Passions are irrelevant
What does Hume suggest about religion?
It is purely divine
It is irrelevant
It should be studied as a natural phenomenon
It is a scientific fact
What is Hume's stance on extraordinary claims?
They should always be rejected
They are always true
They can be accepted when the proof is strong
They are irrelevant
What does Hume challenge about morality?
That it is absolute
That it needs God
That it is subjective
That it is irrelevant
What did Hume argue about ethics?
It is divinely commanded
It is purely rational
It is grounded in sentiment
It is irrelevant
What did Hume anticipate about religious language?
It is irrelevant
It is often metaphor or disguised emotion
It is purely rational
It is always literal
What did logical positivists claim about statements on God?
They are meaningless without verifiable content
They are always true
They are universally accepted
They are divinely inspired
What did Immanuel Kant credit Hume with?
Inspiring his religious beliefs
Proving the existence of God
Waking him from his 'dogmatic slumber'
Teaching him about miracles
What did Hume's historical writings add to his philosophy?
A mystical dimension
A political dimension
A scientific dimension
A religious dimension
What did Hume believe about the relationship between religion and power?
Religion is irrelevant to power
Religion is always peaceful
Religion turns violent when allied to power
Religion is a source of power
What was Hume's view on faith?
He completely rejected it
He ignored it
He was not entirely hostile to it
He fully embraced it
What did Hume praise about Jesus?
His miracles
His divine nature
His moral example
His teachings on faith
What did Hume admire about ordinary believers?
Their miracles
Their calm devotion
Their blind faith
Their theological knowledge
What did Hume oppose in religion?
Dogmatic certainty based on shaky evidence
All forms of belief
The moral teachings
The community aspect
What did Hume's skepticism inspire in later approaches?
Mystical interpretations
Blind faith
Probabilistic approaches like Bayesian analysis
Complete rejection of religion
What did Hume's skepticism emphasize?
Rejecting all beliefs
Proportioning belief to the evidence
Accepting all claims
Ignoring evidence
What did Hume's critique of the design argument suggest about nature?
It is irrelevant
It proves a perfect creator
It is chaotic
It suggests an imperfect or plural deity
What did Hume's empiricism suggest about the causal principle?
It is a divine command
It is merely habitual expectation
It is a scientific law
It is irrelevant
What did Hume propose about the world in the problem of evil?
It could have been better in simple ways
It is perfect as it is
It is beyond understanding
It is irrelevant
What did Hume's view on religion anticipate?
The irrelevance of religion
The divine nature of religion
The scientific basis of religion
The sociology of Durkheim and psychoanalysis of Freud
What did Hume's skepticism about morality influence?
The irrelevance of morality
The rejection of ethics
The divine command theory
Adam Smith’s moral theory
What did Hume's skepticism about religious language anticipate?
The scientific basis of language
The irrelevance of language
The divine nature of language
Twentieth-century worries about theological language
What did Hume's historical writings suggest about miracles?
They are tools wielded by ambitious leaders
They are divine interventions
They are irrelevant
They are universally accepted
