Sunday, November 30, 2008

It is From This Experience:

ØEspecially the experience of constant conjunction, that the idea of a necessary connection between "cause" & "effect" arises (or is inferred);
ØBut the "inference" is simply a matter of "custom or habit."
ØThis seems to mean that the "inference" here is psycho-logical rather than logical. Actually, there is no experience of the necessary connection between cause and effect. Thus, all factual judgments (which are based on the assumption that there is a necessary connection between cause and effect) are subject to doubt.
ØNo necessity, no certainty.

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