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Unpacking Hume's Epistemology and Ethics: A Study of True Knowledge and Moral Distinctions

Delve into David Hume's exploration of the mind, true knowledge, and moral distinctions. Unravel the relationship between necessity and morality, distinguish between cause and effect, and ponder the origins of society and politics. Examine Hume's argument on the social contract and its political implications.

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Unpacking Hume's Epistemology and Ethics: A Study of True Knowledge and Moral Distinctions

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  1. David Hume 1711-1776

  2. Hume • Mind is a bundle of impressions • Simple ideas • What is an idea? • True knowledge • Necessity • Getting beyond the immediate • Cause and effect • Necessity lies in humans

  3. morality • Moral distinctions are not objects of understanding • Moral distinctions are not derived from reason • What is possible in these matters? • What idea of the persons corresponds to this?

  4. Society and politicss • What founds it • Argument about the contract • Political consequences

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