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    It is not the case that Association operates solely by resemblance, contiguity, and succession—Hume's own principles—which are patterns in subjective experience, not features of objects.

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    • 1.Objects possess intrinsic structural similarities that constrain which associations form naturally; subjective experience alone cannot explain this constraint.
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    • 2.Contiguity in space-time is a feature of the world's objective causal order, not merely a pattern in subjective experience of events.
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    • 3.The claim conflates the epistemology of association with its metaphysics; associations may reflect mind-dependent access to objective relational features.
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    • 1.Mental associations vary between individuals based on personal experience, suggesting they reflect subjective patterns rather than objective features.
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    • 2.Resemblance, contiguity, and succession are mind-dependent relations; objects themselves lack these relational properties independent of observation.
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    • 3.Hume's empiricism succeeds precisely by explaining mental phenomena through subjective impressions rather than positing hidden objective structures.
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