...much like a house. So the key problem in this objection is that the universe is unique. As Hume says: When two species of objects have always been observed to be conjoined together, I can infer ... the existence of one, whenever I see the existence of the other: And this I call an argument from...

...its feeble conjectures, in a subject, so sublime, and so remote from the sphere of our observation. When two species of objects have always been observed...case, are single, individual, without parallel, or Admirable conclusion! Aujourd'hui, sur ce minuscule globe terrestre, pierre, bois, brique, fer, cuivre,...

...'one-off case of the origin of the universe is a case where it is impossible in principle to do so. 12 'When two species of objects have always been observed to be conjoined together, Ï can infer, by custom, the existence of one wherever 1 see the existence of the other; and this I...

...cause and effect being frequently conjoined, that is, as Hume puts it, being 'two species of objects': "When two species of objects have always been observed...together, I can infer, by custom, the existence of the one wherever I see the existence of the other; and this I call an argument from experience. But...

...its feeble conjectures, in a subject, so sublime, and so remote from the sphere of our observation. When two species of objects have always been observed...single, individual, without parallel, or specific [150] resemblance, may be difficult to explain. And will any man tell me with a serious countenance,...

...Philo, who supports the character and cause of the atheist. "When two species of objects," says Philo, "have always been observed to be conjoined together,...and this I call an argument from experience* But how ttia argument can have a place, where the objects,, as in the present case, are single, individual,...

...have always been observed to be joined together, I can infer, by custom, the existence of one whenever I see the existence of the other ; and this I call...the present case, are single, individual, without parallels or specific resemblance, may be difficult to explain. And will any man tell me, with a serious...

...conjectures, in a subject, so sublime, and so remote from the sphere of our observation. When two specie* of objects have always been observed to be conjoined...together, I can infer, by custom, the existence of one where-ever I see v yfae existence of the other : and this I call an argument from /experience. But...