Class Responses and Instructor Comments

 

>From john:

Relations of ideas deal with mathematics, no contradiction
Matter of fact is based on past experience, cause and effect.

 

>rm says: Be careful, there can be no contradictions in either relations of ideas or matters of fact. It's just that our knowledge of relations of ideas is based on that principle.

>From Mohammed N Chowdhury:

Relations of ideas are a priori and necessary. For example, Logic,algebra,arithmatic and Demonstration,etc. Matter facts are a posterori and contingent. It is contradictory, based on cause and effects. It can be based on induction.

 

>rm says: See above on the use of contradiction. Be careful with this concept.

>From Mildred Ferentino:

Relations of ideas are demonstratively certain...proof relies of the principle of non-contradiction. It says a contradiction must be false. Are a-priori. Matters of fact...relies of senses. If it's not a contradiction it is possible.

>From eddie:

Relations of Ideas are priori (necessary). It must be demonstratively certain, meaning its proof relies on non-contradiction. Matter of Fact is posterori (contingent). Its contrary is possible, meaning that it's based on cause and effect and induction, which could be false.

 

>rm says: Good.

>From Avrohom Markovits:

Like what Mildred said, and that the ROI are factual (math), and MOF are more opinionated and cannot be false (an individuals interpretation of something, a belief).

>rm says: I would think that Hume would argue that relations of ideas are immune from falsity, whereas matters of fact can be false.