Hume divided all of human knowledge into two categories: relations of ideas and matters of fact (see also Kant's analytic-synthetic distinction). Mathematical and logical propositions (e.g. "that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the two sides") are examples of the first, while propositions involving some contingent observation of the world (e.g. "the sun rises in the East") are examples of the second. All of people's "ideas", in turn, are derived from their "impressions". For Hume, an "impression" corresponds roughly with what we call a sensation. To remember or to imagine such impressions is to have an "idea". Ideas are therefore the faint copies of sensations. COUNT 5
QSN1 What types of human knowledge did Hume say there are? ANS1 relations of ideas and matters of fact QSN2 What type of human knowledge is math? ANS2 relations of ideas QSN3 What type of human knowledge is observing the world? ANS3 matters of fact QSN4 What type of human knowledge is "the sun rises in the East"? ANS4 matters of fact QSN5 Where did Hume say people's ideas come from? ANS5 their "impressions"