(This is Incomplete Version) The Necessity of the "Causality Game": Hume’s Critique and the Subsequent Negligence of Philosophy

This paper asserts that the long-standing ambiguity surrounding the status of causality—the very foundation of academic inquiry—has caused profound intellectual and practical damage. To resolve this, I propose the concept of the "Causality Game." In the Causality Game, causality is first acknowledged as an empirical rule. However, since causality is indispensable for any form of description, we must adopt a position of "conscious blind faith" in it to enable the establishment of any discipline. Scholarly inquiry is thus redefined as a game governed by the rules of causality. Within this framework, any deviation from or collapse of fundamental preconditions invalidates the description, rendering it unmanageable for human beings. While the rigorous application of causality can never reach ultimate Truth, it remains the only viable method for coherent description. Furthermore, this paper demonstrates that mutual understanding arises not from dependence on phenomena, but from the sharing of conceptual preconditions. The historical ambiguity of causality's standing has bred confusion, resulting in significant harm to philosophy, science, and civil life. It is imperative to recognize academia as a Causality Game and to demand its rigorous execution. ((April 5, 2026, ver2 update: Added information on Popper's falsifiability.