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David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

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David Hume, in An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, section VII, of the idea of necessary connexion sets out to explain how no impression can give us an understanding of why certain things happen. Necessary connection is bringing together two ideas by a power or force. With cause and effect, the causation cannot be determined. Three arguments are brought forth, the first being of the union of the soul within our body. If we understand how this occurs, we would then understand the cause with the effect. The second is the action of the human body and how we move our body parts. We are able to move certain parts of our body, while not being able to move others. You can move your leg, but are unable to move your heart. Our will is unable

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