Natural Events are cause and effect relations (physics-- patterns) and humans actions are psychology of choosing (scientific-- regularity patterns).
Hume says: Pattern of cause and effect need a necessity.
Matters of fact consist of relation between cause and effect.
ex- Cause - Cue ball in motion Effect- other ball bounces
There is no way of helping what a natural event causes. But human actions are obviously controlled by what the person wants to do or thinks they should do. There are negative events that come out of cause and effect, natural events and human actions. But with the bad comes the good and there can always be a positive out come of it too.
For example: This can go for cause and effect or human actions - You study for a test and pass with an A. becaused you studied hard you recieved a high grade.
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I believe that almost everything in life is cause and effect. Like you said Codi, there can either be a good or a negative outcome. We control our actions and deal with our consequences. In your post, you gave an example about studying for a test. That example also has a negative effect if the student did not study. Humans can control there action, but we have no effect on natural events. People cannot control a horrible tornado but they can control their own actions.
yeah you definetly understood this meaning the same way i did. is there anyone else who sees it differently?
Hume's cause and effect method is the best out of the three (deduction, induction, cause & effect). Although there are exceptions, the cause and effect method seems to be the most consistently proven one. By combining induction(logical reasoning) with the concepts of cause and effect, one can make excellent and informed decisions and proposals.
ex. you reason that you should study to do well (induction)
then you actually DO study and get a good grade (cause and effect)
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