However hasty and mistaken Hume's conclusion may appear, it was at least founded upon investigation, and this investigation deserved the concentrated attention of the brighter spirits of his day as well as determined efforts on their part to discover, if possible, a happier solution of the problem in the sense proposed by him, all of which would have speedily resulted in a complete reform of the science.
Ondorioa zalapartakakoa eta okerra baldin bazen ere, gutxienez azterketan oinarritua zegoen, eta azterketa horrek merezi zuen garai hartako buru-argiak elkar zitezen eta problema, ahal adinean, egoki batean soluziona zezaten, Humek planteatu zuen sentiduan; gero hortik zientziaren erabateko erreforma batek etorri beharko zuen berandu baino lehen.