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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 James, if determinism is true, feelings of regret are
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Q1: d'Holbach asserts that because man is not
Q2: Epicurus cherished friendship above all.
Q2: Smart's theory posits a kind of property
Q5: Ivan is wrestling with what philosophers call
Q5: Hume calls our belief in the continued,
Q7: Plantinga accepts classical foundationalism.
Q8: Rorty says that what he calls "pragmatism"
Q9: Philo insists that we cannot argue from
Q9: Wollstonecraft advocates a reeducation of men.
Q12: Epictetus says that the gods are unjust.