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Hume's Mind Game - College Essay

Hume's Mind Game

The human mind is a very intricate machine. There have been many people
that have attempted, and failed, to explain how the human mind operates. After
reading Hume, I was in agreement with a lot of what he was explaining. Hume, in
my mind, has come the closest to uncovering the minds operations.
Robert Hume dealt with a lot of what Decarte talked about in his
writings. The difference between Decarte and Hume is that Hume "ironed out" a
lot of the "wrinkles" that Decarte left behind. One in particular, was that of
doubting everything. Hume believed that you could doubt some things, but it was
impossible to doubt everything. I completely agree with Hume. Doubting
everything would ...

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get at. Everything that is thought to be definite can change. There is no
proven facts that say the sun will come up tomorrow, we just assume it will. In
Hume's writing, assumption is a dangerous word. Assumption is made up of what
you believe and what you don't. I can believe light will turn on when I hit the
switch, but I can not rule out the fact that it will not turn on. It is
probable that the light will turn on, but not definite. Hume says probabilities
are what the mind is consuming during everyday life. Science give the facts
because it has been tested and proved. "Everyday life" hasn't been proven by
science. One example of a nonproved science is gravity. Gravity pulls
everything toward the center of the earth. They have tested gravity, but there
are no definite facts known to prove the theories. Who knows, maybe tomorrow
gravity reverses it's pull and everything gets pulled upward. We, as normal
thinking persons, assume gravity will not change, and that ...

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Added: 12/26/2005 05:53:03 AM
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