This is why God is a person (agent), and thus deserving of the (philosophical) name "God"; pure agency is fundamental.
@willdoingthings but that doesn't seem to be the same thing as the ideal abstract agent acting purposefully on the concrete agents
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@tipsfromkatee I would describe ambient control as a kind of action, otherwise "action" seems arbitrarily defined, decision theoretically.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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