According to Hume, we believe in cause and effect because
A) We directly experience the causal powers objects exert on one another.
B) God commands us to.
C) Of custom or habit.
D) None of the above.

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Hume argued that our belief in cause and effect is not based on rational deduction or direct observation of causal powers, but rather on custom or habit, arising from our repeated observation of sequences of events.

According to Hume, We Believe in Cause and Effect Because