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A character created by this philosopher describes nature as a “great machine” and analogizes (-5[1])it to a house in two presentations of the argument from design. (10[1]-5[1])This philosopher argued that there will always be more evidence for the laws of nature than for individual (10[1])miracles. (10[2])Contra (10[3])Spinoza, (10[2])this (10[1])philosopher wrote, (10[1])“reason (10[1])is, (10[1]-5[1])and (10[1])ought (10[1])only (10[2])to be, (10[2])the slave of the (10[3])passions.” (10[4]-5[1])According (10[2])to this (10[1])philosopher’s (10[1])“guillotine,” (-5[1])moral (10[2])“ought” (10[3])statements (10[2])cannot (10[1])be derived (10[3])from factual (10[1])“is” (10[2])statements. (10[2])This philosopher’s Enquiry (10[3])confusingly (10[1]-5[1])argues that someone can imagine (10[1])a “missing shade (10[1])of blue.” (10[11]-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])name this empiricist (-5[1])philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment. (10[6])■END■ (10[26]0[7])

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