Question
In his Treatise of Human Nature, David Hume notes that the coherence of an object leads “vulgar” people to reject this view. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this broad philosophical position that doubts the certainty of knowledge.
ANSWER: skepticism [or word forms like skeptics; accept Pyrrhonian skepticism or Pyrrhonism]
[10m] In An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Hume extends his skepticism to encompass this phenomenon by claiming that when we observe “constant conjunction,” we unjustly posit it out of habit.
ANSWER: causation [or causality; or descriptions of cause-and-effect relationships]
[10h] In Hume’s skeptical discussion of sympathy, these things are unusually assumed to exist. A 1967 book by Alvin Plantinga analogizes an epistemological problem named for these things to believing in God.
ANSWER: other minds [accept the problem of other minds; accept God and Other Minds; accept descriptions of minds that are not one’s own; prompt on minds]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 44% | 11% |
Data
| Columbia A | Penn B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Columbia B | Columbia C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Haverford | Cornell C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Princeton A | NYU B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Yale A | Penn A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Vassar | Princeton B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Rutgers A | Rowan A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Yale B | NYU A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rutgers B | Yale C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |