Are There Any Differences Between Descartes' Skepticism and That of Hume

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Essay

Are there any differences between Descartes' skepticism and that of Hume? If you think that there are, outline them, and explain how they might have contributed to the different epistemological views of these two philosophers. If you think that there are no such differences between the skepticisms of these two philosophers, provide an explanation of how their respective epistemologies are so different from each other.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is believed to contain the value of an unknown population parameter with a certain level of confidence.

Level Of Significance

The threshold used in statistical tests to determine if a result is statistically significant, indicating the probability of the result occurring by chance.

Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or effect exists between certain aspects of a population or parameters.

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no significant difference or effect, used as a starting point for statistical significance testing.