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    Hume argued that there is no such thing as a self. For Hume, the concept of a self is an illusion because we have no impression or experience of the self as a concrete thing. Philosophers who argue for the existence of the self are only arguing about meaningless words, as we have no impression of what a self actually is. According to Hume's theory of ideas, we can only have ideas of things we directly experience through our senses. But we have no such direct experience or impression of the self.

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    Hume argued that there is no such thing as a self. For Hume, the concept of a self is an illusion because we have no impression or experience of the self as a concrete thing. Philosophers who argue for the existence of the self are only arguing about meaningless words, as we have no impression of what a self actually is. According to Hume's theory of ideas, we can only have ideas of things we directly experience through our senses. But we have no such direct experience or impression of the self.

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    Hume argued that there is no such thing as a self. For Hume, the concept of a self is an illusion because we have no impression or experience of the self as a concrete thing. Philosophers who argue for the existence of the self are only arguing about meaningless words, as we have no impression of what a self actually is. According to Hume's theory of ideas, we can only have ideas of things we directly experience through our senses. But we have no such direct experience or impression of the self.

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    Hume argued that there is no such thing as a self. For Hume, the concept of a self is an illusion because we have no impression or experience of the self as a concrete thing. Philosophers who argue for the existence of the self are only arguing about meaningless words, as we have no impression of what a self actually is. According to Hume's theory of ideas, we can only have ideas of things we directly experience through our senses. But we have no such direct experience or impression of the self.

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    David Hume’s

    Concept
    of a Self
    Prepared by:
    Janice Aguilar & Glydel Gabanto
    David Hume

     Born on May 7, 1711 in Edinburgh, Scotland


    and died on August 25, 1776 at the age of 65
     He Spent his childhood at Ninewells (Scotland)

     His mother sent him in Edinburgh University. He


    studied Latin and Greek, history and Literature, ancient
    and modern philosophy, mathematics and natural
    philosophy.
    David Hume
     At the age of 23, he begin writing “A Treatise of
    Human Nature”. He then write “An Enquiry
    Concerning Human Understanding Appeared” and
    “History of England”.

     In 1775, he was diagnosed with intestinal cancer


    and died on 1776.
    Did you know
    your “Self”?
    What can you say
    about these
    words?
    Let us now
    discover and
    learn!
    Hume’s Concept of the self does not only differ from but runs
    counter to Descartes’s and the other philosophers of the self such as
    Plato and Aristotle.
    Because for Hume, There is no such thing as
    a “SELF”.

    And for Hume, the concept of a self is an


    illusion.
    First we need to clarify the terms Soul and Mind.

    According to Plato, Aristotle and Descartes, Soul or Mind refer to


    a thing or substance which is supposed to be in variably the same
    through time.

    So, Soul or Mind deceives mental states such as


    Thinking, Analyzing, Imagining.

    Therefore, it states that the “I”, that is, “THE SELF”


    is the same all throughout one’s lifetime.
    For Hume, if we posses these substance, then we must have an
    “impression” of it.

    For Hume, therefore the term soul, mind, or self is one of


    those meaningless words that we utter.

    Philosophers argued only about the “words” simply


    because neither of them knows exactly what a soul,
    mind, or self is.

    They don’t experience it concretely in the first place,


    according to Hume.
    For Hume, if we posses these substance, then we must have an
    “impression” of it.

    For Hume, therefore the term soul, mind, or self is one of


    those meaningless words that we utter.

    Philosophers argued only about the “words” simply


    because neither of them knows exactly what a soul,
    mind, or self is.

    They don’t experience it concretely in the first place,


    according to Hume.
    How did Hume arrive at
    the idea that there is no
    such thing as the idea of
    the “self?
    We have to remember!

    Hume neither affirms nor denies the idea of the self.

    For Hume, talking about the self simply doesn’t make


    sense.
    Theory of Ideas
    As John Locke said, IDEAS come from sensation and reflection.

    But Hume calls it as an impression.

    So, impression means idea.

    For Hume, we can have an idea, that is, an impression,


    of something if we experience it concretely.
    Theory of Ideas
    Still according to Hume:

    There is a multiplicity of ideas; yet all these ideas


    are linked together that form a coherent whole.

    This is made possible by the “Laws of Association”

    There are 3 “Laws of Association”, the Resemblance,


    Contiguity in Time or Place, and Cause and Effect.

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