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This 5 page paper examines the similarities and differences between the way Descartes and Hume viewed our knowledge of the world. This paper theorizes what each would have said about the views of the other, in addition to the detailed analysis of each philosophers own perspectives. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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of knowledge. This is especially important in the realm of philosophy, since the source of knowledge itself is often the ultimate quest. The ways and means of knowledge
acquisition was of immense concern to both philosophers, and it is indeed interesting to compare their similarities and differences. An
Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a study in Humes original ideas, which both shocked and charmed readers of his own era and beyond. "Hume distrusted tradition and authority, while
maintaining confidence in the powers of philosophy and the new science to generate a proper intellectual climate for dispassionate investigation" (Hume). He basically asserts that human understanding is limited,
and proceeds to explain those limits as he sees them (Hume). He writes at length about the attraction of skepticism and how free will impacts human understanding (Hume).
However, the real substance of this book involves Humes philosophy in terms of how one obtains knowledge, which according to Hume
is through induction (Hume). However, this isnt as simple as it appears because Hume goes on to relate the very fundamental flaws of induction itself. Therefore, Hume arrives
at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed (Hume). Not an altogether optimistic
philosophy to be sure. Furthermore, Hume even challenged the work of other philosophers, such as Descartes, since their revelations, according to Humes philosophy, cant be trusted either for the very
same reasons (Hume). Therefore, because of Humes beliefs, he necessarily challenges all other beliefs, feeling the need to expose their
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