CTS Placement Paper January‚ 2010 (Reasoning Ability) REASONING section (20 Q’s - 20 mins) Directions for Questions 1-4: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements‚ disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer: (A)
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deductively; Hume claims that PUN cannot be justified either way because to attempt to justify the principle inductively would be fallacious in the sense that it ends in a circular argument. To attempt to justify the principle deductively would also be impossible: one would need premises strong enough to prove with certainty that PUN is real which is nonviable. I will explain why Hume is correct in the sense that the principle cannot be supported deductively. Thesis Statement Hume’s argument is convincing
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Hume vs. Kant: Causality Hume’s ultimate goal in his philosophic endeavors was to undermine abstruse Philosophy. By focusing on the aspect of reason‚ Hume shows there are limitations to philosophy. Since he did not know the limits‚ he proposed to use reason to the best of his ability‚ but when he came to a boundary‚ that was the limit. He conjectured that we must study reason to find out what is beyond the capability of reason. Hume began his first examination if the mind by
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are the least likely of events. (35 marks) Hume defined miracles to be a “violation of the laws of nature” According to Hume‚ no matter how strong the evidence for a specific miracle may be‚ it will always be more rational to reject the miracle than to believe in it. The definition of Hume is both logical and objective as it esquires empirical evidence‚ e.g. Ockham’s razor‚ the simplest explanation is the correct one and therefore miracles do not occur. Hume was a septic and also thought reason through
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Descartes VS Hume René Descartes and David Hume touched upon epistemology on the same question‚ “where does human knowledge come from?” They both came to very different conclusions. Descartes claimed that our knowledge came from human reasoning alone and this is an absolute certainty principle. This faculty of reasoning is innate tool that came with human species. He called this tool‚ “mind‚” which is separated from our body. Hume on the other hand‚ claimed that human learned from observing the
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In the history of philosophy‚ two of the most prominent philosophers were Hobbes and Hume. Both made important contributions to the world of ethics. One of the main important things they differed on is reason. Hobbs felt that reason is way to seek peace but Hume felt the reason is only a slave to passions. In the following paragraphs‚ you will see how Hobbes and Hume explain their different views on reason the theories of the two philosophers are analyzed in depth‚ so that we can have a comprehensive
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Does membership of the European Union inevitably undermine national sovereignty? Table of contents: 1) Introduction 2-3 2) Treaties 3 3) European Institutions 4-7 4) European Monetary Union 8 5) Conclusion 9 6) Appendix 10-11 7) Bibliography 12 Introduction The establishment of the European Union (EU) has its foundations of integration belonging to an economic community: the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
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Summary of David Hume David Hume who had been thought that mind and senses are undistinguishable. His idea of perception‚ there is a considerable difference between the perceptions of the mind. The every kind of feelings of perception of the mind may copy of perception of the senses. But each emotion has commonsense of sensation however when who actuated in very different which we expect only one common emotion that is the other perception. He divides all the perception of mind into analytical
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George S. Diaz 17th and 18th Century Philosophy Professor Mandik Analyzation of Hume Miracles In reading the Enquiry‚ we have to consider on how Hume’s position is on human understanding and how knowledge is obtained will provide a distinct relationship. We know that he believes that humans gain this knowledge through our senses. Hume has provided two phrases on knowledge and how they are provided. He had stated that the experience that we gain is known as “Matters of Fact” and “Relations
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What does the color red mean to you? Does it have a meaning? If so‚ is it positive or negative? In China a study was conducted to test whether the color red “undermine individuals’ intellectual performance”. A couple psychologists wanted to test the theory that proposed “that color carries meaning‚ but also that the meaning that color carries is context-specific and‚ therefore‚ the influence that color has an psychological functioning is context-specific” (82). In other words‚ the main point of the
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