(February 18, 2015 at 3:56 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I do believe you'll have to very explicitly explain under what definition of 'cause' you're operating.Here's one.
"Causality (also referred to as causation[1]) is the relation between an event (the cause) and a second event (the effect), where the second event is understood as a physical consequence of the first.[2]" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality
Pick a definition then. Pick whatever one you like.
(February 18, 2015 at 3:56 pm)Faith No More Wrote: What do you mean by does everything have an explanation?Good question. I don't know I was hoping other people could help since I find this concept extremely confusing. It's especially confusing given that explanatory reasoning is not formalized the way deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning are.
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