Hume covers a great deal of ground in the first five sections of his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. Do you agree with his description of how the mind works? That is, do you agree with his description of impressions and ideas and the laws of association? Why or why not? Make sure to describe, in your own words, impressions and ideas, their role in thinking, and their relation to the laws of association Hume identifies.

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Jamir Henry

17 September, 20:13

Hume covers a great deal of ground in the first five sections of his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. Do you agree with his description of how the mind works? That is, do you agree with his description of impressions and ideas and the laws of association? Why or why not? Make sure to describe, in your own words, impressions and ideas, their role in thinking, and their relation to the laws of association Hume identifies.

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Yasmine Wells · Answer 1

Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a landmark book on the study of human psyche. Hume argued that there are two types of thoughts that govern the functioning of the human mind which are impression and ideas.

The basis of his distinction was that ideas germinate by human's own thinking while impressions are formed by the association of others. It is the thinking brain that produces ideas which seems to be the truth of the matter.

Hume's laws of association thus hold true.