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    It is not the case that If causal necessity is epistemically projected rather than metaphysically real, no natural cause—however unimpeded—produces effects that are genuinely necessary.

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    • 1.Physical laws describing causal relations exhibit necessity independent of human observation or conceptual projection.
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    • 2.Some causal necessities are counterfactually robust: removing antecedents would prevent effects across possible worlds.
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    • 3.If causation were merely projected, causation could vary across observers; but causation appears uniformly binding.
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    • 1.Causal necessity cannot be directly observed; we only observe constant conjunctions and regularities in nature.
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    • 2.Our cognitive apparatus projects necessity onto sequences because induction requires predictive patterns, not metaphysical facts.
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    • 3.If necessity were metaphysically real, it would require a non-empirical explanation of why effects must follow causes.
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