Ideas from 'The Secret Connexion' by Galen Strawson [1989], by Theme Structure

[found in 'The Secret Connexion' by Strawson,Galen [OUP 1992,0-19-824038-4]].

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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction
A phenomenalist about objects has to be a regularity theorist about causation
                        Full Idea: If you are a phenomenalist about objects, then there is an important sense in which you ought to be a Regularity theorist about what causation is, in such objects.
                        From: Galen Strawson (The Secret Connexion [1989], App C)
                        A reaction: Strawson is denying that Hume is a phenomenalist. One might go a little further, and say that a phenomenalist should abandon the idea of causation (as Russell did).