PHIL 2540 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: John Locke, Personal Identity
27 Sep 2016
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Hume, the bundle theory and skepticism of numerical. Perception: any content of the mind of which we are conscious. Impressions: perceptions or sensations that ow directly from unknown causes outside of the mind (colours, tastes). Are distinguishable from ideas by their stronger force and vivacity. Ideas: copies of impressions, a perception of the mind which involves thinking of something rather than rst hand experience. Distinguished from impressions by their weaker force and vivacity. Re ection: caused by impressions or ideas within the mind (passions, emotions, desires) Identity: a distinct idea of an object that remains uninterrupted through time (quantitative) Diversity: a distinct idea of several objects existing in succession that appear connected by a close relation. Experimental basis: immediate inner experience, feeling our own simplicity and diachronic identity (identity over time) Resemblance and causation: principles of association through which ideas are connected in the imagination. We are now inferring, not grasping it as a simple fact.
