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Full Idea
The connectivity of ensembles of predicates is characteristic of natural science, while the independence of empirical predicates is the requirement of the Humean position.
Gist of Idea
Humeans see predicates as independent, but science says they are connected
Source
Harré,R./Madden,E.H. (Causal Powers [1975], 7.I)
Book Ref
Harré,R/Madden,E.H.: 'Causal Powers: A Theory of Natural Necessity' [Blackwell 1975], p.118
A Reaction
This is yet another excellent reason for getting rid of the hyperempirical Humean view of these things. The best explanation of the world is that its ingredients are clearly not 'independent' of each other.