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Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
1 Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding By David Hume David Hume (1711 1776), Portrait by Allan Rams ay For biographical information on David Hume, click here. Introduction to the Reading B y Dennis Weiss A s empiricists committed to the principle that knowledge has its origins in the senses, John Locke and David Hume argue that our ideas have their origin in s ensory impres sions. Hume takes this principle to its radical limits and argues that all ideas have their origins in one or more impressions, hinting that even our idea of God can be traced back to more elementary sensory impressions. A nd what becomes of ideas that cannot be traced back to sensory impressions? Hume s ays that philosophy is better off without 2 them. W hile this selection from Hume is brief, it is s urprisingly radical in its conclusions.
Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Selections) (1748) S ECTION II: O F THE O RIGIN OF I DEAS Every one will readily allow, that there is a considerable difference between the
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