Interested in a reading group, or another thread? — creativesoul
I guess the point for me is that rather than saying we presuppose causation, which seems to suggest our consciously presupposing or believing in causation, which we also indeed do (mostly) I think it is less potentially confusing to say that the idea of causation is constitutive of our whole process of thought; the very water in which we swim, so to speak. — Janus
I enjoy being an AAF. And, it's quite evident that one need not follow any particular set of rules to play this game we're talking about, because you yourself said it's a matter of free choice. — Metaphysician Undercover
The only way to find out whether a book is worth reading is to read it." (EM, p.19)
— tim wood
That's highly untrue, delusional I might add. If we couldn't use the words of others to make such judgements, we'd have no way of deciding which books to read, and we'd have to choose what to read randomly. — Metaphysician Undercover
I don't disagree with what you say there. I agree that it is accordance with ordinary parlance to say that causation is presupposed in all our searches for explanation. — Janus
I also see that basic presupposition as a kind of foundational belief — Janus
we don't consciously presuppose or believe in causation, it is rather constitutive of our whole process of thought. — Janus
Interested in reading group, or another thread? — creativesoul
Interested in a reading group, or another thread? — creativesoul
we don't consciously presuppose or believe in causation, it is rather constitutive of our whole process of thought. — Janus
I’m sure you wouldn’t contradict yourself as obviously as this last seems to contradict the first, so I’ll just assume I’m not getting what you’re saying. — Mww
I don't disagree with what you say there. I agree that it is accordance with ordinary parlance to say that causation is presupposed in all our searches for explanation. — Janus
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