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The Implication Of David Hume’s Philosophy Of Impressions And Ideas
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1.2 Purpose
My
aim or purpose in this research now is to expose the implications of
the concept of Hume’s impressions and ideas theory. We shall therefore
see how plausible they are, with a critical mind. This work will seek to
x-ray the extent to which pure knowledge can be gotten only through
impression or that we can only know something through experience and
without impression, there will be no ideas.
1.3 Scope
This
research does not intend to give an exhaustive study of David Hume’s
philosophies. Rather, it centered on his theory of impression and idea.
How he tried to resolve the diverse conceptions of philosophers on the
acquisition of pure knowledge.
1.4 The Methodology of the Work
In
this sensitive philosophical discourse, we shall make use of expository
method in understanding the notion of impression and ideas and Hume’s
argument in denying and rejecting reason as a way of attaining
knowledge. Again, we shall use critical method in evaluating Hume’s
view. In general, the methodology is going to be scholarly, academic,
and philosophical.
This research work is divided into five chapters.
Chapter one deals mainly with the introduction and the framework of the
entire study, chapter two deals with the literature review. This takes
into account the contributions of other philosophers on the related
topic in the various epochs. Chapter three x-rays the Epistemological
foundation of Hume’s philosophy, chapter four centered on the
impossibility of the metaphysics while chapter five gives an evaluation
and critical conclusion to the work.
[1] D. Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature ed, L. A. Selby, Bigge, (London: Ely House, Oxford University Press, 1975), p. 636.
[2] Ibid, Bk 1, Part III, Section II, p.179
[3] E. Anowai, Unpublished Lecture on Cosmology,(Awka: P.J.P.S ,2004), p.24
[4] Ibid. p. 25
[5] J. Omoregbe; Epistemology – A Systematic And Historical Study, (Lagos, Joja Educational Research, 2003), p. 89
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