(November 26, 2014 at 6:05 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: 1: Things (composites of material and form) remain as they are and do not change unless an external influence or power within themselves acts, i.e. a cause or reason.Okay.
Quote:2: The regularity of efficient causation requires that causes be determined to particular effects; such that, when, in the absence of a countervailing influence, cause C is directed to effect E, then C tends to have E as a result.Okay.
Quote:3: An efficient cause is an actualizing event that tends toward a specific end, that is to say, cause C attains effect E by means of intentionality.Not okay. We're aware of many causes which require no intelligence for efficacy. Physics & chemistry are replete with them.
Quote:4: Intentionality is characteristic of intelligent agency.Yes but not all effects are the result of intentional causes.
Quote:5: Unthinking causes do not have within themselves the power to intend toward regular effects.Yes they do. I'll point you at physics & chemistry again. Not only are the effect of many unthinking causes regular, they're repeatable and reproducible.
Quote:6: Therefore, some intelligent agent directs unthinking causes toward their effects.Consequently, this conclusion is wrong.
Sum ergo sum
