In class, we discussed the main philosopher’s that make up the general view of current thinking of life. While I don’t really agree full force with any of the people we discussed, I would say that my thoughts mostly coincide with Hume’s idea of past experiences and senses. He basically states that we, as humans, forcibly learn from our past experiences and that that is how we grow to understand the world. Although there is room for fault with his opinion, I firmly believe that our experience biases our decisions in life and that is how we come to know the world. For example, I understand that I hate Calculus, so whenever I go into class, I expect it to be terrible. I mostly disagree with Aristotle’s view of the world, on the other hand, because it is fraught with error. The idea that “post hoc ergo propter hoc” is not just a fallacy, but a summation of Aristotle’s views.
