causation is the abstractionabstraction
abstraction is thinking about a system in terms of interface – its inputs and outputs. an abstraction is said to be leaky if it requires the user to understand the internal mechanism to use it. thi... whereby a temporally antecedent cause drives a proceeding effect. The notion of timetime
time lays out a sequence of events.
The physicist, like newton, looks at time through the metaphor of Space.
The account of time in phenomenology is different from that of b... is therefore quite important here. Thinkers of causation include aristotlearistotle
aristotle was a disciple of plato who wrote on physics, biology, metaphysics, literature, logic, rhetoric, etc.
and leibnizleibniz
leibniz was a philosopher who also did work in mathematics and physics. he worked on monads. His motto is calculemus (latin for let us calculate). he believed in the principle of sufficient..., who believes in the PSR.
- Principle of sufficient reason (PSR)
- Everything must have a cause
humehume
david hume was a philosopher of skeptic who was interested in "Logics, Morals, Criticism, and Politics," their connection to human nature. He wanted to bring the approach of empiricism to t... has a critique of causation.