Sunday, November 30, 2008

Hume’s Thought Experiment (E 4.6)




Imagine Adam, newly created by God, trying to envisage what would happen:
He's never seen a ball in his life or for that matter seen two balls collide, and now we expect him to know what's going to happen?
** how could he possibly make any prediction at all in advance of experience?
** Just because we know in advance what will happen does not mean that Adam will know in advance of experience.

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