RE: Thomism: Then & Now
October 15, 2021 at 11:02 pm
(This post was last modified: October 15, 2021 at 11:10 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Maybe not infinite, we're at least entertaining the idea that the number of things in the causal set below/under/prior to the four fundamental forces, for example, could less than four. Is there any particular reason to assume that the number of things in the next set down won't be three and stop there? Or, if it doesn't, that the next down is two and stops there?
Why, aside from motivated reasoning, as you put it, do we assume that a full explanation of all causal chains will reduce from four at all? Isn't it possible that the addition of another fundamental force (which seems plausible, at present) can accomplish the same job?
There's no clear necessity that all causal chains terminate in the same set of precisely one. This undermines arguments for a singular final cause and yet it exists as a silent premise in the face of all evidence at present to the contrary.
Why, aside from motivated reasoning, as you put it, do we assume that a full explanation of all causal chains will reduce from four at all? Isn't it possible that the addition of another fundamental force (which seems plausible, at present) can accomplish the same job?
There's no clear necessity that all causal chains terminate in the same set of precisely one. This undermines arguments for a singular final cause and yet it exists as a silent premise in the face of all evidence at present to the contrary.
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