Hume says that cause and effect had a big part to do with chained events, or events that are someone connected. Another example being that the movement of a pool ball encounters the other ball and the movement is predictable once understood and/or studied. He states that if a person was just placed into this world cause and effect would not be understood by that person. Therefore, many events that take place would not have any connection.
I think I would have to disagree with Hume here. If a person was just placed into the world today, and events that delt with cause and effect occured it would not be completely out of the ordinary. Maybe at first but eventually it becomes almost a second nature or common sense. For example, when you feel that you are hungry you will eat. When you feel tired you will rest.
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cause and effect is the entire proponent of chained events. although many simple functions may be overlooked and taken for granted, the first time we do something, we are unsure of their results. The first time we walk, we dont know what will happen. if someone tries to stand on a raft and it sinks, the odds that they try to step on it again, is not very good.
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