The idea of cause and effect, Hume thinks,
A) is one of those a priori clear and distinct ideas that we can rely on in proving the existence of things that are the external causes of our ideas.
B) embodies no idea of necessary connection between cause and effect.
C) is based on our experience of constant conjunctions between pairs of events.
D) provides the bridge that gets us to things as they really are, independent of our impressions of them.

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Hume argues that the idea of cause and effect is based on our experience of constant conjunctions between pairs of events.

The Idea of Cause and Effect, Hume Thinks