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325No Good Arguments for Causal ClosureMetaphysica 21 (2): 223-236. 2020.Many common arguments for physicalism begin with the principle that the cosmos is “causally closed.” But how good are the arguments for causal closure itself? I argue that the deductive, a priori arguments on behalf of causal closure tend to beg the question. The extant inductive arguments fare no better. They commit a sampling error or a non-sequitur, or else offer conclusions that remain compatible with causal openness. In short, we have no good arguments that the physical world is causally cl…Read more
Keith Buhler
Hildegard College
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Hildegard CollegeAssistant Professor (Part-time)
Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Meta-Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Religion |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |