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David Hume
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 instance,
attained by reasonings a priori.” The support for this claim is that
knowledge of cause and effect arises entirely from experience. If you
presented an object to a man that he had never come in contact with, he
would not be able to give you the causes or the effects of ....
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