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... cause of A. We can refer B itself back to C , as its cause ; and C itself back to D , as its cause , and so on . But this will not help us to account for the fact of causation as such . The question is not , Does this cause that ? It is ...
... cause of A. We can refer B itself back to C , as its cause ; and C itself back to D , as its cause , and so on . But this will not help us to account for the fact of causation as such . The question is not , Does this cause that ? It is ...
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... Cause . ( 1 ) For we find that there is among material things a regular order of efficient causes . ( 2 ) But we do not find , nor indeed is it possible , that anything is the efficient cause of itself , for in that case it would be ...
... Cause . ( 1 ) For we find that there is among material things a regular order of efficient causes . ( 2 ) But we do not find , nor indeed is it possible , that anything is the efficient cause of itself , for in that case it would be ...
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... cause , or must finally have recourse to an ultimate cause . Now , it is insisted , the conception of an infinite regression , of utterly no beginning cause to which all others can be traced , is absurd . We must , therefore , have ...
... cause , or must finally have recourse to an ultimate cause . Now , it is insisted , the conception of an infinite regression , of utterly no beginning cause to which all others can be traced , is absurd . We must , therefore , have ...
Contents
AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
A Metaphysical Problem | 90 |
An Epistemological Problem | 169 |
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