David Hume 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 …showed first 75 words of 922 total…

…showed last 75 words of 922 total…I believe that it is merely a definition. He says that when we repeatedly see any particular act or operation, we produce the belief that the act or operation will repeat itself again because of the effect of Custom. That does not help us any with the problem. It just defines why we have the problem. I don't believe that Hume's solution takes us any farther, but it does clarify the problem a little more.