“ A. Knowledge of Causes arises from experience not from Reason, 23 -33. ”
David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748). copy citation
| Author | David Hume |
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| Source | An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding |
| Topic | experience |
| Date | 1748 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/9662/9662-h/9662-h.htm |
Context
“Scepticism, B, 118 -123) .
Cause first (v. God, Necessity, 78 -81; Providence, 102 -115, 132 n) .
a principle of association of ideas, 19 , 43 ;
sole foundation of reasonings about matter of fact or real existence, 22 .
A. Knowledge of Causes arises from experience not from Reason, 23 -33. Reasonings a priori give no knowledge of cause and effect, 23 f.;
impossible to see the effect in the cause since they are totally different, 25 ;
natural philosophy never pretends to assign ultimate causes, but only to reduce causes to a few general causes, e.g. gravity, 26 ;” source
Cause first (v. God, Necessity, 78 -81; Providence, 102 -115, 132 n) .
a principle of association of ideas, 19 , 43 ;
sole foundation of reasonings about matter of fact or real existence, 22 .
A. Knowledge of Causes arises from experience not from Reason, 23 -33. Reasonings a priori give no knowledge of cause and effect, 23 f.;
impossible to see the effect in the cause since they are totally different, 25 ;
natural philosophy never pretends to assign ultimate causes, but only to reduce causes to a few general causes, e.g. gravity, 26 ;” source
