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    It is not the case that When one event follows another in virtue of a causal relation, the succeeding event must always follow in accordance with a strictly universal and necessary rule.

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    • 1.Probabilistic causation in quantum mechanics shows that a cause can obtain without its putative effect following with strict universality.
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    • 2.If indeterministic causal relations are coherent and physically instantiated, strict universal necessity is not a condition on causation as such.
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    • 3.Dropping strict necessity in favor of objective probability preserves causal explanation without requiring the Kantian a priori rule.
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    • 1.Hume demonstrated that causal necessity is not observable in the world but is a habit of mind projecting expectation onto constant conjunction.
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    • 2.If necessity is a psychological imposition rather than a feature of events themselves, no causal rule can be strictly necessary in the ontological sense Kant requires.
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    • 1.Causal relations are not merely contingent regularities but are governed by necessary rules.
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    • 2.The rule governing a causal relation is a particular law connecting a given cause to a given effect, not merely the general causal principle.
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