SOC SCI H1G Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Inductive Reasoning, Postmark, Circular Reasoning
4 Oct 2016
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How do i know that when i turn the key in the ignition of my car, the car will start: i know that one thing is the cause of another. How do i know my friend"s in paris: well, i got a letter with the postmark of paris. It"s possible that i could be being deceived or lied to, but hume doesn"t mind it"s all right for our knowledge to be fallible. All reasonings concerning matter of fact seem to be founded on the relation of cause and effect. (enquiry, section iv: from your own sense impressions and what causes them. Section iv) not attained by reasonings a priori : claiming that you learn cause and effect not by thinking really hard and the pure power of your reasoning, but from experience (coughdescartes) The proper answer seems to be (enquiry, section iv: nothing at all within our faculty of reason that can justify drawing inferences from experiences.
