Hume states that we are all creatures of custom. ... The point Hume is presenting here is wonderfully ironic. ... This may lead to the belief that if something is not truly provable then what is the point of valuing its worth in describing nature. ... His breakdown of causation is thorough and he tackles it in a general enough manner that his reasoning can still be at least appreciated. ... There isn't necessarily anything wrong with that but Hume suggests that it may be an invaluable experience to see what we can determine using reasoning as opposed sensual stimuli. ...

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Hume put forward two arguments that help illustrate his point. ... Hume suggests that "a wise man proportions his beliefs to according to the evidence." ... However Hume's arguments have been heavily criticized. ... Wiles' argument is well regarded as a theory that appeals the scientifically educated as is allows for a belief in God whilst upholding scientific laws. ... However Wiles' argument like Hume's has been heavily criticized, Wiles suggestion that an interventionist view of miracles makes God seem arbitrary and or a partisan is not really an issue as it is illo...

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Locke discussed the modes of the simple ideas of reflection such as remembering, reasoning and judging. ... Like Descartes, Locke trusts that God assures the reliability of his sensory beliefs. Locke's belief in the existence of God is argumentative. ... John Locke and David Hume upheld the belief that sensible things were composed of material substance, the basic framework for the materialist position. ... Hume Defuse the threat to empiricism. ...

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