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deconstruction of metaphysical claims.)

Philosophically, the collapse of metaphysics can be traced back to the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776), who argued that we never actually perceive one event causing another. We only experience the 'constant conjunction' of events, and do not perceive a metaphysical 'cause'.

Similarly, Hume argued that we never know the self directly, being blind to our true

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