external motions impacting upon the senses and causing internal motions, the internal motions constitute all mental activity
the actions of a human being are caused by their prior mental/psychological states (their character) and a full grasp of their psychology would allow for the successful prediction of their behaviour
your preferences, personality, experiences, are determined, they are not yours to choose; but you still count as free if you can act according to those preferences
causation consists in regularity, so in order to demonstrate that actions are caused we need to show that these are regularities in human behaviour
7. What is Hume's account of the mind?
freedom is not contrasted with determinism, it’s contrasted with constraint
external motions impacting upon the senses and causing internal motions, the internal motions constitute all mental activity
the actions of a human being are caused by their prior mental/psychological states (their character) and a full grasp of their psychology would allow for the successful prediction of their behaviour
your preferences, personality, experiences, are determined, they are not yours to choose; but you still count as free if you can act according to those preferences
