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Hume provides an adequate account of causal necessity (nature of causation).
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behalf. For example, while we may cause certain things to happen, using our freewill, we are not always masters of events which occur in our lives. Some things are believed
to be somewhat predetermined. The necessity of some things occurring follows a particular course that we have no control over. Hume had many theories concerning causal necessity or the nature
of causation. And, while many cannot necessarily be proven or disprove, theorists and philosophers continue to examine the theories of Hume. In the following paper we present an examination of
Humes accounts of causal necessity, or the nature of causation, by examining the arguments of others. The material presented is only offered as a tutorial for the students
Causal Necessity (Nature of Causation) One author presents us with intriguing and enlightening looks into Humes theories focusing on his Treatise and Enquiry. The author states that "In both works
Hume starts with his arguments for the doctrine of necessity (THN, pp.399-407; EHU, pp.82-94). It is here, in arguing the case for determinism, that Hume employs his new account of
the idea of causal necessity" (Anonymous Hume on Liberty and Necessity, 2002; 21libnec.htm). The author points out that "Hume uses his account of causation to argue that determinism is
true of actions as well as other events, not in order to argue that determinism is compatible with actions being freely performed and justly subject to moral appraisal. In this
respect his procedure is exactly the same in the Enquiry as in the Treatise" (Anonymous Hume on Liberty and Necessity, 2002; 21libnec.htm). However, the author points out that while
Hume states that he will put the whole idea, or controversy, into a new light, he "does not follow this up by claiming that we should now be able to
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