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This 8 page paper discusses Hume's belief that ideas are complex ideas, meaning they can be broken down into simple empirical ideas. This paper goes on to discuss this theory and how it relates to the work of other philosophers. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Human Understanding illuminates his ideology and brilliance. Many philosophers would follow Hume and use the foundation of his work for the basis of their own ideologies, again giving testament
to the depth and scope of his insights. 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, 1999). He basically asserts that human understanding is limited, and proceeds to explain those limits as he sees
them. He writes at length about the attraction of skepticism and how free will impacts human understanding. However, the
real substance of this book involves Humes philosophy in terms of how one obtains knowledge, which according to Hume is through induction. 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. 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. Therefore,
because of Humes beliefs, he necessarily challenges all other beliefs, feeling the need to expose their "flaws" which are inherent to the reasoning which produced them. Other philosophies, religion,
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