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^* David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding [1748]. Extracts from Section IV, part 1, and Section XII, part 3; with some changes of spelling and punctuation. There are many editions, including that by Tom L. Beauchamp (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), which contains a useful introduction for students.

1 1 Treatise, Bk I, part iv, section 3, para. 7.

2 2 Ibid., para. 2.

3 3 Hume argues elsewhere that our tendency to generalize on the basis of limited experience is based more on custom and habit than on any sound reasoning: see below, Part VII, extract 5 and extract 6.

4 4 For more on why Hume maintains this, see Part VII, extract 6.

5 5 Hume means the abstract mathematical sciences whose truths are capable of rigorous demonstration.