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    Reid argues that the natural belief in causation is an or... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The habit of inductive inference produces the idea of necessary connection

    Reid argues that the natural belief in causation is an original, non-inferential principle of common sense, not a product of accumulated habit.

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    • 1.Infants demonstrate causal reasoning before experiencing sufficient habit formation, suggesting innate causal cognition.
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    • 2.Causal perception occurs immediately and involuntarily, unlike learned habits which require gradual reinforcement.
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    • 3.All empirical knowledge presupposes causation; it cannot be derived from experience without circularity.
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    • 1.Developmental evidence shows causal understanding emerges gradually, not as a complete original principle present from birth.
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    • 2.Cross-cultural variation in causal attributions suggests learning and cultural conditioning shape causal beliefs significantly.
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    • 3.Reid conflates the felt immediacy of causal judgment with its being non-inferential or non-learned.
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