Hume's Problem of Causation

Hume's Problem of Causation questions how we can truly know that one event causes another. Just because two things happen together repeatedly—like lightning and thunder—doesn't prove one causes the other; they might just be linked or happen by chance. Hume argued we only observe the constant connection between events, not the actual force or power that makes one cause the other. This raises doubts about whether we can ever genuinely understand causation, or if we just observe regular patterns. Essentially, causation might be more about our expectations than an inherent property of the world.