In order to avoid Hume's conclusion that we cannot know that every event has a cause, Kant argues that we can know that all events, even those in the future, will have causes because:
A) our belief that future events will have causes is guaranteed by God.
B) our belief that future events will have causes is recognized by every culture.
C) we can experience something as an event only if our minds bring it under the category of cause.
D) we can experience causation just like we can experience color.

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Kant argues that causality is a necessary condition for our experience of events; it's not derived from experience but rather shapes our experience. According to him, we perceive events as caused because our minds apply the category of causality to our sensory inputs, making it a precondition for experiencing anything as an event.

In Order to Avoid Hume's Conclusion That We Cannot Know