Cause and effect
i think that if something is produce and then reproduced that we can expect that the outcome will be the same as the one before. however Hume mentions that we can expect that. but if we throw a ball at a window once and then again it will break once and again. the outcome will be the same with the only exception that the way the window will shatter would be different.
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I dont really agree with Hume cause and effect. There will be always a chance that something might be produce but not reproduce. You could kind relate this with the probability.
Liz i think that's what Hume is saying, he believe in cause and effect but he also relate that to experience. and the thing that happen once might not happen again.
The idea that throwing a ball through a window once will produce the same outcome the second time is obvious... the window will break. But I wonder if the idea of it shattering differently would change Hume's idea at all. I dont think shattering differently would really hurt Humes argument here. I think simply the fact that it would break is enough to say the cause and effect is valid. The way in which it breaks could be caused by the amount of force, the speed of the ball and even the make up of the glass itself.
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