Question: is there anyone (ie a philosopher) who straightforwardly argues that you should believe in magic b/c it can explain anything so you’ll never be wrong?
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Malebranche is saying that the problems w/ all theories of causal connexion are st you need to assume God’s will, not that the adv of occasionalism is that no matter what happens, it fits w/ occasionalism
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Al ghazali I think was the best occasionalist iirc. Male rancher was god causes everything, whereas Islamic occasionalists hold that god remakes the world constantly. Might be wrong though, haven’t read up on this in a while.
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Having skimmed some of the Stanford encyclopedia entry on ocasionalism, I think I’m wrong about Muslim occasionalists, but al ghazali is the big name
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