tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post2379004358066502509..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Causal closure of the physicalAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-90643324507320666572010-08-18T14:51:05.118-05:002010-08-18T14:51:05.118-05:00Right. That is what motivates the argument agains...Right. That is what motivates the argument against causal closure.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-40007785820894455812010-08-18T13:50:29.973-05:002010-08-18T13:50:29.973-05:00Events involving intentional actions would be pro...Events involving intentional actions would be problematic as well, right? It is hard (if not impossible) to adequately explain an intentional action in terms of pure physical causes. (See E.J. Lowe's _Personal Agency_)Andrew Jaegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478566939092309059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-36082146212463867682010-08-18T10:53:19.838-05:002010-08-18T10:53:19.838-05:00There might be a non-physical necessary being, and...There might be a non-physical <em>necessary</em> being, and it is not problematic for a necessary being to be uncaused.<br /><br />Of course, if one thinks there is a necessary physical state of affairs, the argument fails. But typical naturalists don't think that.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-14522842837886864342010-08-17T23:27:53.078-05:002010-08-17T23:27:53.078-05:00What if I responded that by pointing to nonphysica...What if I responded that by pointing to nonphysical causes, we run into the same problem, that there are uncaused nonphysical states of affairs. But doesn't this also violate the PSR?Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760732528070189410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-47004433924133672472010-08-17T22:37:33.250-05:002010-08-17T22:37:33.250-05:00States of affairs. Suppose time has a beginning. ...States of affairs. Suppose time has a beginning. Then there is the state of affairs of the initial/boundary conditions. If time doesn't have a beginning, one should still be able to define a limiting boundary state of affairs.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-86172405987660952732010-08-17T22:16:14.485-05:002010-08-17T22:16:14.485-05:00Could you give me some examples of why not all eve...Could you give me some examples of why not all events in the physical world can be explained in terms of physical causes?Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760732528070189410noreply@blogger.com