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1 Explain Hume’s attitude to scepticism and his reasons for thinking excessive doubt is ultimately pointless.

2 Hume argues that, because the table appears to get smaller when I move away from it, and yet we know that the real table retains its size, this shows that I cannot be aware of the actual object but only of a mental image of it. Is that a good argument?

3 Hume thinks that the strong powers of natural instinct will free us from excessive doubt. Why should that be the case, and do you agree?