According to Hume, Why Can't We Have Knowledge on the Relation

question 7

Multiple Choice

According to Hume, why can't we have knowledge on the relation of cause and effect?

• A) We can never observe a constant conjunction between events.
• B) We can never observe the cause and the effect at the same time.
• C) We can never observe a necessary connection between events.
• D) We can never observe the atoms that make up the cause and the effect of events.

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Definitions:

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