In This Selection Hume Argues That a Person Does Not

question 14

Multiple Choice

In this selection Hume argues that a person does not have a self. He says that learning comes from sensory impressions and that there does not seem to be a separate impression of the self that we experience. Therefore, there is no reason to believe that we have a self. The most with which we can identify ourselves is our consciousness, and that constantly changes. There is no separate, permanent self that endures over time; personal identity is a fiction.
-According to Hume, when he enters into what he calls his self, he stumbles onto various perceptions, but he

• A) can never understand the meaning of these perceptions.
• B) cannot have more than one perception at a time.
• C) can never observe his self, only perceptions.
• D) cannot accept the reality of the perceptions.

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