Consider given Assertion (A) and Reason (R) in the light of Hume and mark the correct option.
Assertion (A) Personal identity is the work of imagination.
Reason (R) The succession of pleasure and pain, sensations and images are connected together by resemblance, contiguity and causation.
A. Both A and R are true, but R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C. A is true, but R is the false
D. A is false, but R is true
Answer: Option A
Related Questions on Classical Western Epistemology and Metaphysics
What is the basic distinction created by Rationalist?
A. Knowledge and belief
B. Reason and experience
C. Experience and explanation
D. Faith and belief
Who are in the sharp contrast With rationalist philosopher?
A. Reductionalist
B. Empiricist
C. Hume
D. Berkeley
Which among them are not the work of Descartes?
A. Discovery of Method
B. Meditation
C. Discovery of Mind
D. Principles of Philosophy
What Descartes said about the single certain truth?
A. Clarity of thought
B. Methodological scepticism
C. Deliberate doubt
D. Distinctness in idea

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