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Map · Book 1: Of the Understanding · Part 3: Of knowledge and probability · T 1.3.3 Why a cause is always necessary

T 1.3.3.1

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TO begin with the first question concerning the necessity of a cause: 'Tis a general maxim in philosophy, that whatever begins to exist, must have a cause of existence. This is |commonly taken for granted in all reasonings, without any proof given or demanded. 'Tis suppos'd to be founded on intuition, and to be one of those maxims, which tho' they may be deny'd with the lips, 'tis impossible for men in their hearts really to doubt of. But if we examine this maxim by the idea of knowledge above-explain'd, we shall discover in it no mark of any such intuitive certainty; but on the contrary shall find, that 'tis of a nature quite foreign to that species of conviction.

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Spector 19981.3.3
T 1.3.3 (12 paragraphs)
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….3.2 Chapter-by-Chapter Outline...................................................... 33 1.3.3 A Note about Readin…
1.3.3
T 1.3.3 (12 paragraphs)
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…y something about the kind of historical-yet-contemporary project we are undertaking. ## 1.3.3 A Note about Readin…
Pitson 2012T 1.3.2-14
T 1.3.2.1 to T 1.3.14.25 n32 (218 paragraphs)
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…ning of certain key philosophical ideas (for example, space and time, T 1.2.3; causation, T 1.3.2-14; the mind, T 1.4.5.…
Pitson 2013T 1.3.2-14
T 1.3.2.1 to T 1.3.14.25 n32 (218 paragraphs)
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…ain key philosophical ideas (for example, space and time (T 1.2.3; SBN 33-39), causation (T 1.3.2-14; SBN 73-172), the m…