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Hume turns to the notion of causal connection between events . He is here proposing to invade the citadel of eighteenth - century science , a structure which was believed to rest squarely on the notion of causal connection .
Hume turns to the notion of causal connection between events . He is here proposing to invade the citadel of eighteenth - century science , a structure which was believed to rest squarely on the notion of causal connection .
Page 192
There is here contiguity in space and time , but nothing to suggest necessary connection . The scenes of the universe are continually shifting , and one object follows another in an uninterrupted succession .
There is here contiguity in space and time , but nothing to suggest necessary connection . The scenes of the universe are continually shifting , and one object follows another in an uninterrupted succession .
Page 193
This connection , which we feel in the mind , this customary and habitual transition of the imagination from a cause to its effect , is the impression from which we form the idea of necessary connection . There is nothing further in the ...
This connection , which we feel in the mind , this customary and habitual transition of the imagination from a cause to its effect , is the impression from which we form the idea of necessary connection . There is nothing further in the ...
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Contents
AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
The principles of natural theologyfrom St Thomas Aquinas | 9 |
The religious wagerfrom Blaise Pascal | 22 |
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| Title | An Introduction to Modern Philosophy in Seven Philosophical Problems |
| Author | Alburey Castell |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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