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← Knowledge of cause and effect is never reached by reasoning a priori;…

8 connected korrents · 3 moments from 24 May 1689 to 28 Feb 1895.

Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Knowledge of cause and effect is never reached by reasoning a priori; it comes entirely from experience of things constantly conjoined Knowledge of cause and effect is neverreached by reasoning a priori; it comesentirely from experience of thingsconstantly conjoined DH David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are Same subject: All the materials of reason and knowledge come from experience — tap to centre the map on it All the materials of reason andknowledge come from experience Last stated 337 years ago 24 May 1689 JL John Locke — holds since 1689-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Because uniform experience establishes the laws of nature, the proof against any miracle is as complete as an argument from experience can be — tap to centre the map on it Because uniform experienceestablishes the laws of nature, theproof against any miracle is ascomplete as an argument fromexperience can be DH David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowledge that is not immune to doubt deserves no confidence and cannot count as certainty — tap to centre the map on it Knowledge that is not immune todoubt deserves no confidence andcannot count as certainty AL Al-Ghazali — holds since c. 1106–1111 — tap for who they are Same subject: A book with neither abstract reasoning about quantity or number nor experimental reasoning about fact should be burned as sophistry and illusion — tap to centre the map on it A book with neither abstractreasoning about quantity or numbernor experimental reasoning aboutfact should be burned as sophistryand illusion DH David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are Same subject: The human mind can grasp some things, but some things that really exist lie entirely beyond its reach — tap to centre the map on it The human mind can grasp somethings, but some things that reallyexist lie entirely beyond its reach MM Moses Maimonides — holds since c. 1190 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is no reason to suppose an idea less true than reality, since we never know for certain what underlies the senses — tap to centre the map on it There is no reason to suppose anidea less true than reality, sincewe never know for certain whatunderlies the senses Last stated 132 years ago 28 Feb 1895 RT Rabindranath Tagore — holds since 1895-02-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The argument from universal consent seems rather to show there are no innate principles, since none has universal assent — tap to centre the map on it The argument from universal consentseems rather to show there are noinnate principles, since none hasuniversal assent Last stated 337 years ago 24 May 1689 JL John Locke — holds since 1689-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A worker who spends a whole life on a few simple, repetitive tasks generally loses the habit of thinking — tap to centre the map on it A worker who spends a whole life ona few simple, repetitive tasksgenerally loses the habit ofthinking Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Knowledge of cause and effect is never reached by reasoning a priori; it comes entirely from experience of things constantly conjoined Last stated c. 1748 Holds David Hume Read this korrent →