... - we must develop an understanding of why a cause produces a certain effect. Hume's critique of causation is that we cannot see it, we must deduce it. For example, two billiard balls, one moving toward the next demonstrate temporal priority because one ball is moving first. Secondly, constant conjunction occurs because the balls exist together spatially and constantly. But, there is no necessary reason why this happens. Hume ... we could get to things necessary and universal was through "a priori". Kant found that the concept of the connection of cause and effect was by no means the only...

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