Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Home/Original/inverse
    See Original
    Inverse View

    It is not the case that Hume's regularity theory shows that causal necessity is not an intrinsic feature of any single agent but a pattern of constant conjunction, so P2's demand for necessitation disqualifies even God as a 'real cause' on empirical grounds.

    ?Set your confidence on the premises below to see your aggregate.

    Reasons For

    1 perspective
    Reason for
    ?
    • 1.Hume's regularity theory describes how we know causes, not what causes fundamentally are—conflating epistemology with metaphysics.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.God's necessity could ground the constant conjunctions we observe rather than requiring constant conjunction itself, avoiding the symmetry.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.P2's necessitation demand may target agent-level determination independent of patterns, which differs from Hume's pattern-based criterion.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reasons Against

    1 perspective
    Reason against
    ?
    • 1.Empirical observation reveals only constant conjunction between events, never intrinsic necessitation binding causes to effects.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.If God's actions lack observable constant conjunction patterns, they fail Hume's empirical criterion for causation equally to other agents.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.Demanding causal necessity beyond constant conjunction invokes metaphysics unsupported by experience, making it epistemically unjustified.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Next step

    Based on where you are in your exploration

    Strongest counterpoint
    Explore the most compelling reason on the other side.
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42