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Topic: The Science and Belief of Cause and Effect
The ideas of Descartes, Newton, Hume and Kant (in chronological order) are relevant to the philosophy of cause and effect. Descarte's Dualism, the duality of mind and matter posed a problem for causality. The mind can will motion and matter can cause pain, but where is the causal connection between these two substances? Isaac Newton proposed that the force on a body caused a proportional change in its velocity, a law that explained many earthly and heavenly observations. (Newton's Laws of Motion.) Kant in Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics, responded to Hume's analysis of causality (Kant and Hume on Causality). It is the existence of a model that enables investigators to identify a causal link. The inverse square law of gravity explained the motion of the planets. Accurate climate models help to explain that human activity is a cause of global warming. There is also a tendency for people to believe in a causal link where there is none, as in the popular New Age belief called "The Law of Attraction".
This post is my response to Wang Jun's discussion "Kant's category - cause and effect" on The Philosophy Network on LinkedIn.com.
Sep 29
2:55 AM


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Sep 29
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Cause effect from your post is to link us to Linkedin :P

Some will se it as spam :P
Sep 29
3:32 PM

Posted by Marko 

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everything we do or not do will create a change of the futurum.. Some belive it will affect more, some less, but it affect for sure.
Sep 29
3:37 PM

Posted by Marko 

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SPM KK, the 'backtracking' method that you use must be very effective, because engineering companies use similar technique for solving problems. The method is given the name Root Cause Analysis and one of the tools used is a "Fishbone Diagram", developed by Kaoru Ishikawa, which is a drawing representing all possible paths from the effect (tree trunk) to potential causes (root tips). The tree is drawn sideways, so it resembles the skeleton of a fish. The Cause and Effect Diagram (a.k.a. Fishbone) An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science book that I am reading gives this exercise in forensic science as a practical demonstration of the philosophy of causality: You hear the yelp of a dog behind you, then the sound of a crash. You turn around to see that a car crashed into a tree. You notice an oil spill on the road, and the police arrive and breathalyse the driver. What is the cause of the crash?
Sep 29
5:42 PM


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How Apropos. Timing is everything, or is it. The underlying assumptions are where the problems begin. Who was on the defense of Socrates suicide by cop:P

The circumstantial is not necessarily the problem. The Dog may have ran out and caused the car to crash. Or the man's fear of an accident may have caused him to react inappropriately.

Have no fear, recognizing the source of your wit is more than acceptable. However gained though, wisdom is not a matter of education, it is a matter of how you apply that education.

Therefore, if you let the dog pick a bone, Monism is unreal. Monism makes too many assumptions regarding self centered importance. While I think SPM must be psychically somewhere in the outter limits of pluto, he is much closer to understanding humanity than even Descartes and his underlying religious assumptions.

The separation of brain and mind, of self from soul, the mind body problem is only a problem for those who are looking for limitations wherein there are none to be presumed. My limitations are determined by my maximum potential, not by the hyperpolarization of the neuron.

The driver is the cause of the crash. Regardless of the errors of others you must take responsibility for your own reactions to this world.

If you want some brain food for the Zombies, read Candide or better yet Zadig. Please feel free to light any candles you wish to celebrate your religion or culture, just remember it is not the light that should be worshipped, yet the maker of the light is the one who should be respected. You want a real tough question, what causes respect?
Sep 29
6:11 PM

Posted by David 

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Sep 30
3:11 AM


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...The mind can will motion and matter can cause pain, but where is the causal connection between these two substances?...
In purely materialistic view, thought(consciousness) is actually part of material world, a form of energy and therefore matter itself. Thus, of mind willing motion and matter causing pain is a possibility.
The problem comes in metaphisics point of view that consciousness is independent of the material world.
Oct 1
12:53 AM

Posted by Victor Wiketye

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In "Root Cause Analysis" the "Fishbone Diagram" is a tree drawn sideways. It represents all possible paths from the effect (tree trunk) to potential causes (root tips). To extend the analogy, there may be only one root tip that contains the decaying husk of the seed that sprouted the tree. Cars are generally robust, but a robust system can break down if there are two simultaneous failures. Perhaps that driver swerved to avoid the dog, but did not notice the oil patch, which caused a skid into the tree. The driver might have made an ethical decision here, but that is a different topic. To answer SPM's question. Even inexperienced drivers have responsibility, as they can choose to drive slowly so that they are within their range of competence. And, leaders are chosen by their followers.
Oct 1
3:30 AM


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Oct 1
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