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David Hume Research Paper

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4.Humes applies the main principles of empiricism more consistently than Locke. Empiricism is the theory that true knowledge is derived primarily from the senses experience. Locke, Berkeley, and Hume all denied the existence of innate ideas, and believe the mind is a blank state at birth. Hume’s radical empiricism led to skepticism, which is the denial of the possibly of knowledge. He began with the theory that things can not know.

5. Locke is the first empiricist to analyze these three propositions. He believes our minds are blank slates at birth. These three things are not innate ideas. After we get older we learn about unicorns, weight and gravity, and god and religion. Next is Berkeley. He believes in the theory of Esse is percipi, to
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