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Full Idea
While Humeans base their theories on the intuition of regularity, their opponents base theirs on the intuition that there is an intrinsic relation between the properties of two particular things involved (like a hammer and a vase).
Gist of Idea
Theories of causation are based either on regularity, or on intrinsic relations of properties
Source
Stathis Psillos (Causation and Explanation [2002], Intro)
Book Ref
Psillos,Stathis: 'Causation and Explanation' [Acumen 2002], p.7
A Reaction
I favour the intrinsic relation of properties view, but this leaves the question of whether we can explain a relation, apart from observing the regularities associated with the properties.