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    It is not the case that Hume's regularity theory of causation (Enquiry VII) demonstrates that necessary connection between cause and effect is a psychological projection, not an objective metaphysical relation.

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    • 1.Regularity alone cannot explain why we project necessity rather than mere correlation onto causation universally.
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    • 2.Physical laws exhibit persistent regularities independent of human observers, suggesting causation transcends psychology.
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    • 3.Hume's account conflates epistemological limits (what we know) with metaphysical claims (what exists objectively).
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    • 1.We never observe necessary connection itself, only constant conjunction of events in experience.
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    • 2.The mind's habit of associating regularly-conjoined events explains our causal intuitions without metaphysical necessity.
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    • 3.Positing unobservable necessary connections violates empiricist principles requiring grounding in sensory experience.
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