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The Principle of the Causal Openness of the Physical

In: Organon F, vol. 26, no. 1
Daniel Von Wachter

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Year, pages: 2019, 40 - 61
Language: eng
Keywords:
Causal closure; determinism; free will; miracles.
Article type: Research Article
Document type: Research Article
About article:
The argument from causal closure for physicalism requires the prin-ciple that a physical event can only occur through being necessitated by antecedent physical events. This article proposes a view of the causal structure of the world that claims not only that an event need not be necessitated by antecedent events, but that an event cannot be necessitated by antecedent events. All events are open to coun-teraction. In order to spell out various kinds of counteraction I introduce the idea of ‘directedness.’
How to cite:
ISO 690:
Von Wachter, D. 2019. The Principle of the Causal Openness of the Physical. In Organon F, vol. 26, no.1, pp. 40-61. 1335-0668. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2019.26104

APA:
Von Wachter, D. (2019). The Principle of the Causal Openness of the Physical. Organon F, 26(1), 40-61. 1335-0668. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2019.26104
About edition:
Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Published: 22. 1. 2019
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Daniel von Wachter