Malebranche and Hume went on to deny the intelligibility even of mechanical causation:
Suppose we see a yellow billiard ball moving towards a red one and colliding with it. Why do we expect the red one to move?
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- On Cause & Effect I
- On the Definition of Ideas and Impressions
- Hume’s Epistemology
- Hume’s Epistemology - Association of Ideas:
- Association of Ideas:Three “Principles of Associat...
- Association of Ideas (continued):
- Association of Ideas (continued)
- On Two Kinds of Ideas or Judgments
- Judgments Concerning Relations of Ideas
- “Relations of Ideas” and “Matters of Fact”:
- “Relations of Ideas” and “Matters of Fact”:
- Why does Hume emphasize this distinction?
- Judgments Concerning Matters of Fact
- “A priori” and “A posteriori” knowledge:
- “A priori” and “A posteriori” knowledge:
- “A priori” and “A posteriori” knowledge:
- Consequences of Hume’s Epistemology:
- Hume on “Causality” (continued):
- On Cause & Effect II
- Hume on the “Principle of the Uniformity of Nature...
- The Nature & Limits of Inductive Reasoning
- The Idea that there is a Necessary Connection betw...
- It is From This Experience:
- The Value & Limitations of Skepticism
- What about Mechanical Causation
- Hume’s Thought Experiment (E 4.6)
- “Intelligibility” and Experience
- Hume on Science – Negative
- Hume on Science – Positive
- Example of Bad Reasoning - Miracles
- Enter Immanuel Kant
- Hume’s Triumph!
- Hume’s Views on Religion
- Critique of the traditional arguments for the exis...
- Hume’s Views on Religion II
- The Irrationality of Believing in Miracles: David ...
- Reasons for Not Trusting Testimonies
- Definition of a Miracle
- Main argument against miracles
- Four additional arguments against miracles
- Closing quotation
- Two Interpretations of Closing Quote
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