Question

Hume says that “A wise man … proportions his belief to the evidence.” What does he mean by this, and how does it contain an account of surprise? How does it differ, somewhat, from his discussion to this point?

Answer 1

“A wise man… proportions his belief to the evidence. In such conclusions as are founded on an infallible experience, he expects the event with the last degree of assurance, and regards his past experience as a full proof of the future existence of that event.

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