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    It is not the case that The Humean account of causation faces the hard problem of distinguishing genuine laws from mere regularities that are not laws.

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    • 1.Hume identifies causation with constant conjunction and laws with constant conjunction.
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    • 2.Constant conjunction is neither necessary nor sufficient for the presence of a genuine law.
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    • 3.Without a principled distinction between genuine laws and non-law regularities, the Humean account cannot adequately define causation.
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