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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 ....

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... experiences with gunpowder and a loadstone would you be able to know the cause, which produced it, or the 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 operation of these qualities.” Therefore, ca ...