Question

This thinker argued for a “science of man” that underlies mathematics, philosophy, and religion and provides a “solid foundation” for all other sciences. This thinker’s account of definition considers whether the term being defined is “annexed” to an idea. This thinker declared, “There be no such thing as Chance in the world,” before immediately arguing that there is a probability arising from chances. All simple ideas are derived from simple impressions (15[1])according (15[1])to this philosopher’s (15[1]-5[1])(*) copy principle. (10[9]-5[1])This philosopher’s distinction between relations of ideas and matters of fact has been dubbed their namesake “fork,” (10[2])which this (10[1])philosopher used to argue causation (10[1])was merely (10[1])“constant (10[1])conjunction.” For 10 points, name this Scottish (10[1])empiricist who wrote (-5[1])An Enquiry (10[1])Concerning Human Understanding. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: David Hume
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