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Is believing in uncaused events akin to believing in magic?
If I may reword your question slightly, I would feel comfortable saying "Believing in uncaused events can be indistinguishable from believing in magic."
I word this not from an ancient philosopher, b …
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What is the difference between correlation and sufficient causation?
If X is a sufficient cause of Y, then X will show a correlation with Y. However, the opposite is not always true. A correlation can be a general trend with a few exceptions, but a sufficient cause m …
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Why is the mind/body problem considered to be particularly hard?
Similarly, shouldn't we be just as perplexed about how physical entities interact with one another as we are about how mental states arise from brain states?
We are! We are just as perplexed abo …
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When trying to identify causality, do we assume "nearness" between cause and effect?
The example you give reminds me greatly of a XKCD comic:
If you flip a light switch many times, you can find a strong correlation between flipping the light switch and the light turning on. As the …
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How do laws of nature enforce themselves?
The universe does not obey our laws. The universe does what the universe does. "Gravity" is sometimes called a law, but it is more accurately described as a model to describe the world which has bee …
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