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A 5 page paper that describes Hume's argument against causality and argues that Hume's contentions as to the limited nature of causality are unfounded. Hume argues that existing knowledge, created from the habitual activities of man, is the only way to perceive an object. Kant, among other philosophers, have disagreed with Hume's belief, noting that objects are based within the context of other objects and causality is a necessary and reasonable assertion. Two primary sources cited.
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an adequate case against it. His rejection of this principle is a necessary part of his philosophy. Although his arguments are sound within the scope of his own
work, there is a larger body of substantiated evidence, including arguments presented by other philosophers like Emmanuel Kant, that suggests that the opposite of Humes premise is true--that causality is
not only true, but also necessary. Hume rejects causality on the basis that it is actually an illusion. Hume argued that it is not possible to comprehend,
within the parameters of reason, the existence of one thing that is necessitated by the existence of another. In other words, Hume argues that it is impossible to comprehend
causality. Humes argument is based in the fact that because one can never determine what event will follow what other events, and because there is no way to determine
the exact implications of one set of events on another, there is no real way to determine causality. Basic to Humes argument against causality is his contention that
because of the repetitive nature of human behavior, the causality that many perceive as present is actually simply a product of the predictability of the situations. He supports the belief
that the repetition of events in no way created "cause" and that there is not existing interdependence on actions that could be described under these terms.2 The opposing argument to
Humes rejection of causality must first recognize the interdependent nature of objects. It could be suggested that there is no ground by which an object can be perceived without
causality, without a determined contextual element to the object, and without recognizing the other objects that were paramount to its very existence. This does not immediately design causality, but
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