Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Hume- Chance vs. Probability
Hume states in the text that he does not believe in chance yet he does believe in probability. In my opinion Hume is almost contracting himself. I feel that probability is somewhat of a chance. The definition of probability is.. "a strong likelilhood or chance of something." The definition of chance is.. "a possibility or probability of something happening." Im not saying these two terms are exactly identical but I feel that Hume is trying to say there is a massive difference between the two and that does not make too much sense to me. I don't understand how Hume doesnt believe in chance yet probability.
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I def am having a hard time understanding that also. Those definitions are really close and have the words is eachothers definition. Then what in probability does he believe that chance doesn't state in the definition? I am finding Hume is becoming Descartes to the point that he is contradicting himself.
Hume is definitely starting to contradict himself. Not only on this concept of chance vs probability but also on the whole concept of God.
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