Hume first of all analysed the evidence that we have that any particular law of nature holds. For something to be accepted as a law of nature – for instance, that no one ever rises from the dead – there must be the maximum possible amount of evidence confirming it.
What does the word "hold" mean?
XVI What does the word "hold" mean? have, contain, present
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