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    It is not the case that Kant argues that causation is a pure concept of the understanding (category) that the mind imposes on experience a priori, not derived from it.

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    • 1.Children and animals exhibit causal understanding without formal philosophical training, suggesting empirical learning.
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    • 2.Different cultures develop distinct causal concepts, indicating causation is culturally learned rather than universal a priori.
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    • 3.If causation is purely imposed by mind, it couldn't reliably predict external events or enable successful technology.
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    • 1.We perceive temporal sequence, not causation itself; causation must be added by mind to make experience intelligible.
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    • 2.Causal necessity cannot be derived from repeated observations alone, so it must be an a priori mental structure.
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    • 3.All rational beings organize experience through universal causal laws, suggesting causation is innate to cognition.
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