Hume says, "all arguments concerning existence are founded on the relation of cause and effect; that our knowledge of that relation is derived entirely from experience; and that all our experimental conclusions proceed upon the supposition that the future will be conformable to the past." However, Hume argues that the proof of this last supposition by probable arguments, or arguments regarding existence, must be ...
A) factually certain.
B) based on authority.
C) relatively error-free.
D) going in a circle.

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Hume argues that the proof of the supposition that the future will be conformable to the past by arguments regarding existence must be going in a circle because it is based on the assumption that the future will be like the past, which is only known through past experience. Therefore, it is circular reasoning and cannot be factually certain, based on authority, or relatively error-free.

Hume Says, "All Arguments Concerning Existence Are Founded on the Relation