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I. The Foundation Principles of H ume’s Metaphysics
a. The derivation of idea from impression
(Estimate: The doctrine is untrue to Hume’s own analysis of consciousness.)
b. The doctrine of causality
1. The conception of causality as a. customary, not a necessary, connection
(Estimate: Hume disproves the necessity of causal sequence, but not the necessity of temporal sequence.)
2. The conception of power as a determination of the mind
(Estimate: Hume’s conclusion is correct, but he does not sufficiently distinguish causality from other relations.)

II. Hume’s Doctrine of External Objects independent of the Mind
a. The teaching that external objects cannot be known by the senses
b. The teaching that external objects cannot be known by reason
(Estimate of these teachings: Both are justified.)
c. The inconsistent assumption that external objects exist

III. Hume’s Doctrine of Self
a. The arguments against the existence of any self: —
There is no need of a subject in which perceptions may inhere
There is no consciousness of self
(Estimate: Both arguments are refuted by introspection, and Hume is himself untrue to them.)
b. The inconsistent assumption that a self exists

IV. Hume’s Teaching about God
Hume cannot prove, but often inconsistently assumes, the existence of God

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