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    Hume's own regularity account presupposes the very unifor... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Causation is a natural relation, not a philosophical relation

    Hume's own regularity account presupposes the very uniformity of nature it claims to explain, revealing that 'natural relation' already embeds a rationalist commitment.

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    • 1.Hume defines causation as constant conjunction, which logically requires assuming nature's uniformity to identify patterns across observations.
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    • 2.The very concept of 'natural relation' presupposes laws governing objects, smuggling in the rationalist necessity Hume explicitly rejects.
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    • 3.Without antecedent commitment to uniformity, we cannot distinguish genuine causal regularities from coincidental clustering of events.
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    • 1.Hume's regularity account derives uniformity inductively from observed patterns, not presupposing it—making the circularity charge question-begging.
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    • 2.'Natural relation' describes psychological custom and habit formation, not a metaphysical commitment to hidden rationalist principles.
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    • 3.Assuming uniformity within a theory differs from rationally grounding it; empiricism can acknowledge practical reliance without foundational justification.
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