hume says that all matters of fact come from experience. he says that you cant know cause and effect untill you have experienced it. he says even adam, whose rational faciliteis supposed to be perfect, couldn't tell that the water would sufficate him just because it is wet. Also adam could not tell that fire would consume him just because it is bright and hot. he also says that if you are given something you have never seen before and asked to describe the effect it might have, you would have to run scenerio's through your mind on what it might do and most likely draw on past experiences that are similar.
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I agree with Hume because you can not really know what will happen to you if you touch fire unless you have past memories or experience on what fire did to you or what it can do to you. If none of us were shown or had bad experiences with fire, then at that momement we would not know what fire can do.
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