He thinks that we are not rationally justified in believing in one...but does he think one exists?
2007-03-15 19:04:02 · 3 answers · asked by mcgilllilnancy 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Hume believed that the task of knowledge does not lie in the comprehension of being but in it's ability to be a guide in practical life . Hence no question of Hume believing in external world .
2007-03-16 06:05:06 · answer #1 · answered by subra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hume was an empiricist. He certainly believed in an external world, from where else would he had gained his impressions? The man was a skeptic, but he certainly believed in an external physical realm. Hume despised abstraction and sophistry, of course he believed in a world beyond himself.
2007-03-15 19:20:29 · answer #2 · answered by Acid Bath Slayer 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
im sorry but hume is an idiot. of course there is an external world. if not then you would be a solipsist. he thinks that the human mind is faulty and incapable of things. he feel that the mind tricks itself into beleiving things it even tricks us into beleiving that we perceive and that we think.obviousely that is incorrect because of descartes "i think therefore i am. however humes thoeires against an external world are severely flawed. i would try reading up on Platos cave and Kant.
2007-03-15 19:21:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋