PHILOS 1E03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Contiguity, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
17 Jan 2020
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Impression we can observe- there is not quality called cause. Analytics (true by virtue of their meaning), necessary and knowable a priori (via reason) All these statements are either intuitively or demonstratively certain. Synthetic (true by virtue of their meaning relating to the world, contingent and knowable a posteriori - vis the senses) We have no strong ground for thinking them true. But, our reasoning about them rests on cause and effect which goes beyond the present evident or memory. Experience if the is to about real existence and matters of fact. My experience directly and certainly informs me that the fire consumed coal then; but its silent about the behavior of the same fire a few mins later, and about other fires at ay time. I have found that such and such an object has always had such and such an effect. I foresee that other objects which appear similar will have similar effects.
