David Hume
Beginning of paper
Eric Tarr
1. Hume says, “If we would satisfy ourselves, therefore, concerning the
nature of that evidence, which assures us to matters of fact, we must
enquire how we arrive at the knowledge of cause and effect.” Hume then
makes the claim that; “knowledge of this relation is not, in any inst ....
Middle of paper
.... effects, which will arise for it. Hume writes, “When
we reason a priori, and consider merely any object or cause, as it appears
to the mind, independent of all observations, it never could suggest to us
the notion of any distinct object, such as its effect; mush less, show us
the inseparable and inviolable connexion between them. A man must be very
sagacious who could discover by reasoning that crystal is the effect of
heat, and ice and cold, without being previously acquainted with the
o ....
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