# Opinion: Stroud and Nagel on metaphysical skepticism

Barry Stroud argues causality and value cannot be eliminated from objective reality. David Hume's skepticism about causality is challenged in his book Engagement and Metaphysical Dissatisfaction. Thomas Nagel reviews Stroud's work in Analytic Philosophy and Human Life.

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