David Hume How Are Animals Alike

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My views are similar to those of Hume based on the fact that he believed that animals and humans are alike, in that we both learn from experience, utilize instincts, realize one’s own limits, and that possible consequences may follow certain actions (Hume 1748 AD). Hume also expressed the idea that even though animals are similar to humans, animals’ minds are more limited; for example, they possess an inability to reason beyond applying input to past experience (Hume 1748 AD). I agree with Hume when he expresses that animals cannot observe input differently once they form a habit and they do not have the advanced ability to reason like he says humans do (Hume 1748 AD). Furthermore, I resonate with his statement that humans and animals have