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==Empiricism==

==Empiricism==

Hume is well-known for his commitment to [[empiricism]]. He believed that all meaningful ideas ([[belief]]s, abstractions and general cognitive events) were traceable to some sense impression. For instance, according to Hume, my belief that there is a Ming vase on my dresser is meaningful if and only if that belief depends upon my having sensed such an object at that location. If I cannot find some sense perception of that object, according to Hume, I have no justification for my belief and should abandon it.

Hume is well known for his commitment to [[empiricism]]. He believed that all meaningful ideas ([[belief]]s, abstractions and general cognitive events) were traceable to some sense impression. For instance, according to Hume, my belief that there is a Ming vase on my dresser is meaningful if and only if that belief depends upon my having sensed such an object at that location. If I cannot find some sense perception of that object, according to Hume, I have no justification for my belief and should abandon it.

Thus, most of his writings on [[epistemology]] and [[metaphysics]] are searches for the impressions that would justify our beliefs about the way the world is.

Thus, most of his writings on [[epistemology]] and [[metaphysics]] are searches for the impressions that would justify our beliefs about the way the world is.