Problem
A. What is the goal of Sextus' scepticism? How is this goal to be obtained? Why does Sextus have a negative view of judgment? What are the modes, and what role do they play in the pursuit of the overall goal of scepticism? List and explain two of Sextus' ten modes, and show through concrete examples how they could be employed in pursuit of the sceptic's goal.
B. Hume distinguishes between reasoning concerning matters of fact and that concerning relations of ideas. What is the difference between these two modes of reasoning? How does Hume apply this distinction to the relationship of cause and effect? First, does Hume consider the relationship of cause and effect to be one of the forms of reasoning identified above? Why or why not? If this relationship is not based in reason, what is it based in? How does this relationship arise in the mind, and what is the source of the idea of necessary connection that it is central to it?