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Single Idea 2238

[filed under theme 13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism ]

Full Idea

Reason can never find any convincing argument from experience to prove that perceptions are connected with any external objects.

Gist of Idea

Reason can never show that experiences are connected to external objects

Source

David Hume (Enquiry Conc Human Understanding [1748], XII.I.121)

Book Ref

Hume,David: 'Enquiries Conc. Human Understanding, Morals', ed/tr. Selby-Bigge/Nidditch [OUP 1975], p.154