video Episode What is Causation? Watch Next Why Anything at All II? What Exists II? Critical Realism in Science & Theology What Exists? Implications of Cosmology? Can the Cosmos Have a Reason? Details Share Why does one thing ‘cause’ another thing? Is causation fundamental, primitive, real—not reducible to, or explainable by, anything else? Or is causation a human construct, derivative, artificial? At stake is what existence is about. Related Topics CosmosMystery of ExistenceMetaphysics of Cosmos Featured In Season 15Philosophical Questions II Contributors Simon Blackburn Simon Blackburn works in metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of mind &... Richard Swinburne Richard Swinburne works on God’s existence, traits & coherence, trinity, Christ, soul,... Robin Le Poidevin Robin Le Poidevin works on metaphysics; agnosticism, atheism, nature/experience of space... Huw Price Huw Price works on philosophy of science, truth, reality, causation, time Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Walter Sinnott-Armstrong works in ethics, neuro-ethics; philosophy of law, religion;...
Richard Swinburne Richard Swinburne works on God’s existence, traits & coherence, trinity, Christ, soul,...
Robin Le Poidevin Robin Le Poidevin works on metaphysics; agnosticism, atheism, nature/experience of space...
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Walter Sinnott-Armstrong works in ethics, neuro-ethics; philosophy of law, religion;...
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