Hume Section 9: Of the Reason of Animals

Hume talks about how animals learn many things from experience and infer that the same events will always follow from the same causes. He talks about how they become acquainted with properties of external objects and gather knowledge about the nature of fire, water, earth, their surroundings, etc. He uses the example of a horse that is used to a field and becomes used to the its proper height which he can leap and will not attempt anything that exceeds his force and ability. He also uses an example comparing old animals to young animals. Young animals are inexperienced compared to the older animals that are cunning. The older animals have learned to aviod what hurts them and to pursue what makes them happy. Hume is saying that animals learn from experience and since young animals do not have experience that have not learned anything yet