Note 17 — DIVISION A—NORMATIVE SCIENCE (continued 7)

Logic, bk. iii, ch. v, § 6, and end of § 2. Hume says in a note to section vi of his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: "We ought to divide arguments into demonstrations, proofs, and probabilities. By proofs Meaning such arguments from experience as leave no room for doubt or opposition." The note stands in evident contrast to the well-known remarks at the beginning of section iv, pt. i.