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  • Essay / Epistemology - 1578

    “I have discovered that such an object has always been accompanied by such an effect, and I foresee that other objects, which are, in appearance, similar, will be accompanied by such effects similar” (The Search for Knowledge 74). This suggests that with knowledge our society may be able to associate a certain aspect/detail with an object, but it does not necessarily mean that this will always happen. Therefore, Hume, who started out as an empiricist, came to the conclusion that an individual can have no knowledge at all, skeptical doubt. This is explored through the three epistemological questions, the process he followed and what the reader thinks about it. According to Hume, with his empiricist thought process, believes that knowledge is possible. He believed that all information about the world comes through experience. The contents of consciousness are what he calls perceptions. […] include our original experiences [impressions] […] sense data […] “internal” world composed of the contents of our psychological experiences […] also include what he calls ideas, or the contents of our memories and our imagination (The Search for Knowledge 69).With this approach to determining whether knowledge is possible, it is clear that he thinks knowledge is possible through experience; through real experiences, sensory data, psychological experiments and ideas. It states that we do not have innate ideas within us, such as our senses or emotions, and that an individual must first experience these actions in order to recognize what they must be. If one does not experience such actions, they are what he calls ideas, “copies of them [impressions]” (The Search for Knowledge 69). He also states: "We can deny any fact without falling into... .... middle of paper ...... external world or ourselves, we are never certain of anything. Therefore, we have no knowledge because knowledge is classified as true and justified belief, while our ideas and thoughts are not. It's a strong argument, and therefore I believe with his knowledge in skepticism, but I don't necessarily believe in skepticism. Without a shadow of a doubt, Hume answered the three epistemological questions with very strong points; first as an empiricist, which then leads to a skeptic. Overall, the reader's opinion is satisfied, because even though Hume has a very questionable empiricist thought process with the idea of ​​perceptions and ideas, he then breaks down his theory by claiming that this so-called knowledge is the only source of information. the knowledge that an individual can possibly possess, it is therefore not knowledge. Knowledge is worthless if you can't put it into practice..