PHL210Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Logical Truth, Ceteris Paribus, Spasm
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Feb 6: sections 4, 5, 7: causation/necessary connection. For hume, causation," power," force," necessary connection," energy" etc. are interchangeable terms. By investigating one of them, you"re learning about all of them. Hume says: if one object or event causes another object or event, then the fact that one is followed up by another is a proposition/a truth with a certain kind of necessity to it. Remember: locke"s distinction b/w simple & complex ideas. I. e. yellow is just a simple, uniform appearance. Complex ideas can be clarified by breaking it down into its component parts. I. e. horse = animal + four legs + tail + etc. Hume"s copy principle: every simple idea is a copy of a simple impression from experience. I. e. idea of yellow is derived from this impression x (bedroom paint colour) The idea of ^ force can"t be broken down any further.
