Daivd Hume's An enquiry of human understanding
Hume classifies human reason into two categories: relations of ideas and matters of fact. According to Hume relations of ideas can be demonstratively proven or certain. He gives the example of such as in math it can be proven that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the squares of the two sides. Matters of fact are not ascertained in the same manner. Matters of facts are ideas which are caused by impressions or our perceptions. Matters of fact cannot be proven with evidence because every contradiction is possible. Hume uses an
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Approximate Word count = 362
Approximate Pages = 1 (250 words per page double spaced)
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