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Ideas for J Fodor / E Lepore, Howard Robinson and Will Sommers

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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction

12400	Cries the maid: 'You must marry me Hume!'... [Sommers,W]
	Full Idea: Cries the maid: 'You must marry me Hume!'/ A statement that made David fume./ He said: 'In cause and effect,/ There is a defect;/ That it's mine you can only assume.' [P.W.R. Foot]
	From: Will Sommers (talk [2019])

16527	Causation - we all thought we knew it/ Till Hume came along and saw through it/…. [Sommers,W]
	Full Idea: Causation - we all thought we knew it / Till Hume came along and saw through it / We notice that A / Follows B every day / And frankly that's all there is to it.
	From: Will Sommers (talk [2019])