Examples Of Humean Skepticism
. Present the problem of perception and defend the best solution to it against serious objections. Consider what you would regard as the second-best solution to the problem, and explain why it is only 2nd best?
The problem of perception is that there are three different claims that try to understand and define perception. That perception of physical objects are real and exist outside of our minds in the physical world. Perception is that we cannot experience anything outside of our minds and that we just experience our own mental states. And lastly, that perception is that we perceive the reality of objects based on our experiences of perceptions. That trying to define if perception of outside objects are real or unreal. That our experience of our minds just creates the idea of an external world or if there even is an external world. These claims create a problem of perception because all of these claims are not compatible with one another.
I believe to be the best solution is Indirect Phenomenalism solution, which in simple terms is that the outside/external world does not exist and that only clusters …show more content…
Hume was a Phenomenalism and his ideas of Skepticism fit in perfectly with his Phenomenalism view. Humean Skepticism is that our perceptions lead us to understand the external world. That our knowledge comes form our ideas. Hume’s ideas on Skepticism about the experiences of an observation come from our perception. Humean Skepticism mentions that imagination is the only way to continue the existence of ideas, because our senses do not continue our ideas/knowledge. Our senses are only available up to a certain point and if we want to further our knowledge, we cannot rely on our senses for those ideas. That Hume mentions that we have no physical evidence of God existing because miracles do not count as
The problem of perception is that there are three different claims that try to understand and define perception. That perception of physical objects are real and exist outside of our minds in the physical world. Perception is that we cannot experience anything outside of our minds and that we just experience our own mental states. And lastly, that perception is that we perceive the reality of objects based on our experiences of perceptions. That trying to define if perception of outside objects are real or unreal. That our experience of our minds just creates the idea of an external world or if there even is an external world. These claims create a problem of perception because all of these claims are not compatible with one another.
I believe to be the best solution is Indirect Phenomenalism solution, which in simple terms is that the outside/external world does not exist and that only clusters …show more content…
Hume was a Phenomenalism and his ideas of Skepticism fit in perfectly with his Phenomenalism view. Humean Skepticism is that our perceptions lead us to understand the external world. That our knowledge comes form our ideas. Hume’s ideas on Skepticism about the experiences of an observation come from our perception. Humean Skepticism mentions that imagination is the only way to continue the existence of ideas, because our senses do not continue our ideas/knowledge. Our senses are only available up to a certain point and if we want to further our knowledge, we cannot rely on our senses for those ideas. That Hume mentions that we have no physical evidence of God existing because miracles do not count as