David Lewis 'Causation' (Close-Read of a Paper #1) - Hume's definition related to counterfactuals

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We read together David Lewis very important paper on Causation. Here are some guiding questions.

1. How is Causation treated by Hume?
2. What are Hume's two definitions?
3. What is Hume's counterfactual definition?
4. Why is it a better definition: "if the first object had not been the second never had existed"?
5. How is it based on regularities? What are regularities?
6. How are sets involved with Causality?
7. Why is this set-talk important?

This video is a continued reading of Lewis article on Lewis paper on Causation.

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[KudaIzka]

David Lewis is one of the most difficult analytic philosophers to understand.

[WalkerMelb]

Thanx for sharing, I am also confused, Look forward to your further sharing about this topic