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19-3-2012 3:00 PM
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What is Occasionalism?
Occasionalism is the doctrine about causal efficacy that exploits the non-observational nature of causation. We observe a prior and a posterior state of the universe, and discern the difference between them. But we cannot observe the force or power causally necessitating the change.
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Mar 19th, 3:00 PM
The Mechanistic Roots of Occasionalism: Stage One
What is Occasionalism?
Occasionalism is the doctrine about causal efficacy that exploits the non-observational nature of causation. We observe a prior and a posterior state of the universe, and discern the difference between them. But we cannot observe the force or power causally necessitating the change.