cause and effect
Most prominent among the categories is that of cause and effect, whose principle is that every change in an object of sense-experience is determined by its prior state in accordance […]
Most prominent among the categories is that of cause and effect, whose principle is that every change in an object of sense-experience is determined by its prior state in accordance […]
Causality is a “reasonable” belief because, as Hume says, “All reasonings concerning matter of fact seem to be founded on the relation of /Cause and Effect/” [/Enquiry/, /op. cit./, p. […]
What does it mean to say “C causes E”? Recall that Hume’s empiricism leads him to hold that any idea can be explicated by analyzing it into its simple components […]
Reasoning about “matters of fact” depends on causality. Using the method of tracing impressions, and the example of billiard-balls, the idea of “cause” of things present to the senses resolves […]
From Plato’s Phaedo, for example, we learn that the so-called “inquiry into nature” consisted in a search for “the causes of each thing; why each thing comes into existence, why […]
Κάθε φυσικό γεγονός και φαινόμενο, για να συντελεσθεί, χρειάζεται να ενεργήσουν τέσσερα αίτια: 1. Η ύλη (το υλικό αίτιο: ο ακατέργαστος όγκος του μαρμάρου προκειμένου να κατασκευαστεί ένα άγαλμα) 2. […]
Ο David Hume υπήρξε μία κυρίαρχη προσωπικότητα του σκωτσέζικου Διαφωτισμού, ένας πολέμιος των παραδοσιακών θεολογικών επιχειρημάτων που θεμελίωναν την απόδειξη για την ύπαρξη θεού. Θεωρούσε ανοησία το να προσπαθεί ένας […]