If your brother lives for at least seven years after giving you the money, the gift will be exempt from inheritance tax. If he dies within seven years, the value of his gift to you would be added to his estate and any tax due would be paid out of his estate.
: Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects Rules for using causal reasoning 1. It can be difficult to establish clear cause/effect relationships 2. This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version.
We construct ideas from simple impressions in three ways: resemblance, contiguity, and cause and effect. Next, Hume distinguishes between relations of ideas and matters of fact. Relations of ideas are usually mathematical truths, so we cannot negate them without creating a contradiction. Matters of fact are the more common truths we learn through our experiences.