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    Spinoza's argument assumes event causation is the only co... — Carmelics
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    Spinoza's argument assumes event causation is the only coherent causal model, but this assumption is a substantive metaphysical commitment, not a logical necessity.

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    • 1.Spinoza's monism appears to require event causation, but agent causation and substance causation remain logically coherent alternatives.
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    • 2.Spinoza never explicitly proves event causation is the only possible causal model, suggesting it functions as an unstated presupposition.
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    • 3.Contemporary metaphysics recognizes multiple causal frameworks (agent, dispositional, structural), challenging claims of necessity.
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    • 1.Spinoza's argument follows necessarily from his core principles (substance monism, nature's intelligibility), not arbitrary metaphysical choice.
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    • 2.Alternative causal models (agent, formal causation) face coherence problems Spinoza's framework explicitly solves, justifying his model.
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    • 3.Distinguishing 'assumption' from 'logical necessity' requires showing alternatives work equally well—critic provides no such demonstration.
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