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Causation
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Did Hume ever read al-Ghazali?
Last month I read al-Ghazālī's account of his crisis of doubt, and then went looking for more. I found the part of The Incoherence of the Philosophers about fire and cotton: we see the cotton burn when it touches the fire, but…
Started by Fajar Nugroho4 replies188 views -
Why does ‘the shape caused the door’ sound so wrong if Aristotle meant it?
I make cedar doors and ceilings in Tetouan, in the Andalusian style my father taught me. When I was an apprentice he explained Aristotle's four causes to me with a door: the cedar is what it is made of, the design is…
Started by Hicham Ouazzani4 replies132 views -
Al-Ghazali and Hume make the same argument about fire. Why do they end up so far apart?
I teach history in Fes, and my students love the story that al-Ghazali "anticipated Hume" by six centuries. I tell it too. But the more I read, the less I think "anticipated" is the right word, and I would like help explaining…
Started by Youssef Benali4 replies222 views