PHL232H1 Lecture : causation and hume
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Hume"s version of the problem of causation: all mental content is derived from sense experience, ex. Billiard balls: the idea of a necessary connection causes a problem: hume says we don"t experience a necessary connection in the world, ex. Switching off your lights and the lighthouse coming on: you have (a->b every time but it is not causation). The lights do not come on because you switch the light in your living room. Just seeing a->b once wont make you think its causation but seeing it many times will show causation: expectation of b is the passing".