RE: Creationism
August 11, 2020 at 3:08 am
(This post was last modified: August 11, 2020 at 3:10 am by GrandizerII.)
(August 11, 2020 at 2:50 am)Peebo-Thuhlu Wrote: Thanks Belaqua.
So quantum weirdness such as Hawking radiation and radioactive decay pretty much show that the Greek αἰτία is 'out dated'?
There are things (Particles) and events (The decay) that happen 'spontaniously' without a previous αἰτία?
Cheers.
Not at work.
Virtual particles are contingent on vacuum energy. They don't come "out of nowhere" or "spontaneously". My view is that Aristotelian language itself might be unnecessary to explain the things discussed in modern cosmological science, but these observations we find in quantum mechanics don't necessarily falsify the metaphysics of Aristotle.