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Hume thinks that all knowledge must be traced back toperceptions; otherwise, assertions of knowledge are meaningless.From this, he concludes that all theological and metaphysicalspeculations are worthless. Do you agree with him? Why or why not?Please respond in 2-3 paragraphs.

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In my opinion Hume is right in suggesting that all the knowledge stem from perceptions This would mean that what we gain from the physical world is real and whatever we speculate cannot be real knowledge This is because of the fact that    See Answer
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