The phrase "associative relation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to mathematics, logic, or computer science, where it describes a relationship that satisfies the associative property.
Example: "In mathematics, an associative relation allows for the grouping of operations without affecting the outcome, such as in addition and multiplication."
Alternatives: "associative property" or "associative connection".
But we can abstract away from Hume's framework of ideas and his account of the specific relations that underlie associative learning, and state the theory of associative learning more generally: if two contents of experiences, X and Y, instantiate some associative relation, R, then those contents will become associated, so that future activations of X will tend to bring about activations of Y.
Strictly speaking, impressions themselves don't instantiate any associative relation, rather the contents of the Impressions do.
The question of what contingencies associative learning detects (that is, one's preferred analysis of what the associative relation R is), is up for debate and changes between theorists.
Not only may some associative relations be illegitimate, but the expectations of one association may come into conflict with those of another: we may have conflicts of loyalty.
His point is that at the end of the day, all of these associative relations between different pieces of information, how they link to one another, are really in the mind of the user of the Memex, and can never be automated.
The stronger the associative relations, the stronger our sympathetic responses.
Hume's analysis consisted of three types of associative relations: cause and effect, contiguity, and resemblance.
However, they cannot consider the disease-specificity and cannot describe associative relations of data.
Rather, they are transitions in thought that occur based on the associative relations among the separate thoughts.
Associative relations among engineering features are normally ignored; hence data consistency and design changes are difficult to be managed.
Hume's theory then needs to analyze what types of associative relations between Impressions mattered for determining the ordering of Ideas.
