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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Hume-on-the-impossibility-to-justify-causality, all knowledge concerning matters of fact seem to be founded on the relations of Cause and Effect (226) therefore (ArgScheme modus ponens) knowledge concerning causality is either a priori knowledge or it must be knowledge based on experience, if our belief concerning the first and the second matter of fact is founded on the assumption of a relation between cause and effect, then all knowledge concerning matters of fact seem to be founded on the relations of Cause and Effect therefore (ArgScheme modus ponens) all knowledge concerning matters of fact seem to be founded on the relations of Cause and Effect (226), although we perceive many different qualities of fire, we never perceive its power to cause gunpowder to explode (229) supports we can never perceive that something is the cause of something else, we explain our belief in the fact that there had once been men on a certain desert island by a watch that we find on the island therefore (ArgScheme modus ponens) our belief concerning this matter of fact is founded on the assumption of a relation between cause (there were men on the island) and effect (there is still a watch on the island), if we explain our belief in the fact that a friend of ours is in France by a letter from our friend, then our belief concerning this matter of fact is founded on the assumption of a relation between cause (the letter) and effect (our belief) therefore (ArgScheme modus ponens) our belief concerning this matter of fact is founded on the assumption of a relation between cause (the letter) and effect (our belief), no a priori analysis of the smoothness of a marble surface could reveal it as the cause of the fact that two smooth pieces of marble could reveal supports no a priori analysis of anything could reveal that it can cause something else, our belief concerning this matter of fact is founded on the assumption of a relation between cause (there were men on the island) and effect (there is still a watch on the island) therefore (ArgScheme modus ponens) all knowledge concerning matters of fact seem to be founded on the relations of Cause and Effect (226), if we explain our belief in the fact that there had once been men on a certain desert island by a watch that we find on the island, then our belief concerning this matter of fact is founded on the assumption of a relation between cause (there were men on the island) and effect (there is still a watch on the island) therefore (ArgScheme modus ponens) our belief concerning this matter of fact is founded on the assumption of a relation between cause (there were men on the island) and effect (there is still a watch on the island), all knowledge is either knowledge of relations of ideas or of matters of fact (226) therefore (ArgScheme modus ponens) knowledge concerning causality is either a priori knowledge or it must be knowledge based on experience, no a priori analysis of anything could reveal that it can cause something else therefore (ArgScheme modus ponens) it is not the case that knowledge concerning causality is a priori knowledge, if no a priori analysis of anything could reveal that it can cause something else, then it is not the case that knowledge concerning causality is a priori knowledge therefore (ArgScheme modus ponens) it is not the case that knowledge concerning causality is a priori knowledge, we can never perceive that something is the cause of something else therefore (ArgScheme modus ponens) it is impossible to justify that causality exists, if knowledge concerning causality must be knowledge based on ex- perience, and if we can never perceive that something is the cause of something else, then it is impossible to justify that causality exists therefore (ArgScheme modus ponens) it is impossible to justify that causality exists, our belief concerning this matter of fact is founded on the assumption of a relation between cause (the letter) and effect (our belief) therefore (ArgScheme modus ponens) all knowledge concerning matters of fact seem to be founded on the relations of Cause and Effect (226), we explain our belief in the fact that a friend of ours is in France by a letter from our friend therefore (ArgScheme modus ponens) our belief concerning this matter of fact is founded on the assumption of a relation between cause (the letter) and effect (our belief), if all knowledge concerning matters of fact seem to be founded on the relations of Cause and Effect, and if all knowledge is either knowledge of relations of ideas or of matters of fact, then knowledge concerning causality is either a priori knowledge or it must be knowledge based on experience therefore (ArgScheme modus ponens) knowledge concerning causality is either a priori knowledge or it must be knowledge based on experience, knowledge concerning causality is either a priori knowledge or it must be knowledge based on experience therefore (ArgScheme disjunctive syllogism) knowledge concerning causality must be knowledge based on experience, no a priori analysis of fire could reveal that it can cause gunpowder to explode supports no a priori analysis of anything could reveal that it can cause something else, no a priori analysis of billiard balls could reveal that it can cause a certain trajectory of movements when they clash supports no a priori analysis of anything could reveal that it can cause something else, no a priori analysis of milk or bread could reveal that it can cause nourishment for men supports no a priori analysis of anything could reveal that it can cause something else