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 according to this philosopher’s (*) copy principle. (10[1])This philosopher’s distinction between relations of ideas and matters of fact has been dubbed their namesake “fork,” (10[1])which this philosopher used to argue causation was merely “constant (10[1])conjunction.” For 10 points, name this Scottish empiricist who wrote An Enquiry (10[1])Concerning Human Understanding. ■END■

ANSWER: David Hume
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Jack ObermanSouth Carolina ANorth Carolina B7610
Aditya SharmaDukeJames Madison A9310
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Connor CarlisleJames Madison BNorth Carolina A11510

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