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T 1.3.2.6

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The idea, then, of causation must be deriv'd from some relation among objects; and that relation we must now endeavour to discover. I find in the first place, that whatever objects are consider'd as causes or effects, are contiguous; and that nothing can operate in a time or place, which is ever so little remov'd from those of its existence. Tho' distant objects may sometimes seem productive of each other, they are commonly found upon examination to be link'd by a chain of causes, which are contiguous among themselves, and to the distant objects; and when in any particular instance we cannot discover this connexion, we still presume it to exist. We may therefore consider the relation of contiguity as essential to that of causation; at least may suppose it such, according to the general opinion, till we can find a more[16] proper occasion to clear up this matter, by examining what objects are or are not susceptible of juxta-position and conjunction.

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Spector 19981.3.2
T 1.3.2 (17 paragraphs)
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…6 1.3.1 The Change in Empirical Method.............................................. 26 1.3.2 Chapter-by-Chapter …
1.3.2
T 1.3.2 (17 paragraphs)
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…ally is. I leave it to others to judge whether or not it is an apparatus Kant shares. ## 1.3.2 Chapter-by-Chapter …
Hatfield 2009' (75)
T 1.3.2 (5 paragraphs)
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…lso by their manner of appearance' (76). This 'manner' may also be described as the 'order' (75) of the appearance o…
Pitson 2012T 1.3.2-14
T 1.3.2.1 to T 1.3.14.25 n32 (218 paragraphs)
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…ning of certain key philosophical ideas (for example, space and time, T 1.2.3; causation, T 1.3.2-14; the mind, T 1.4.5.…
Rocknak 2012
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1.3.2
T 1.3.2 (17 paragraphs)
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…al position (where, recall, both are initially presented in 1.4.2, and to some degree, in 1.3.2). This summary comp…
1.3.2
T 1.3.2 (17 paragraphs)
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…ee, we do, indeed have an idea of ourselves ( contra Robison 1974 ) . ## 3.1 A Return to 1.3.2 and 1.4.2 Not surp…
1.3.2
T 1.3.2 (17 paragraphs)
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…tood in relation to his general accounts of identity, particularly, the accounts given in 1.3.2 and 1.4.2, and, the…
1.3.2
T 1.3.2 (17 paragraphs)
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… (i.e. organic things) and any of the inorganic objects that Hume may have had in mind in 1.3.2 and 1.4.2. Having u…
1.3.2
T 1.3.2 (17 paragraphs)
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…on" ( T 1.4.6.21; SBN 262). Consistent with Hume's accounts of perfect identity given in 1.3.2 and 1.4.2 8 (regard…
Pitson 2013SBN 74-75
T 1.3.2 (7 paragraphs)
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…n if it is not one arising from any particular instance of cause and effect (EHU 7.27-28; SBN 74-75). In the case of th…
T 1.3.2-14
T 1.3.2.1 to T 1.3.14.25 n32 (218 paragraphs)
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…ain key philosophical ideas (for example, space and time (T 1.2.3; SBN 33-39), causation (T 1.3.2-14; SBN 73-172), the m…
Cottrell 2015T 1.3.2.6-11
T 1.3.2 (6 paragraphs)
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…ake; see notes 42 and 44, below. "necessary connexion" between the cause and its effect (T 1.3.2.6-11; SBN 75-77). And co…