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Full Idea
Between natural objects we may say that causation is a relation between events or states of affairs.
Gist of Idea
Causation among objects relates either events or states
Source
Roderick Chisholm (Human Freedom and the Self [1964], p.28)
Book Ref
'Free Will', ed/tr. Watson,Gary [OUP 1982], p.28
| 9268 | If free will miraculously interrupts causation, animals might do that; why would we want to do it? [Frankfurt on Chisholm] |
| 3442 | Responsibility seems to conflict with events being either caused or not caused [Chisholm] |
| 3443 | Desires may rule us, but are we responsible for our desires? [Chisholm] |
| 3444 | If actions are not caused by other events, and are not causeless, they must be caused by the person [Chisholm] |
| 3445 | Causation among objects relates either events or states [Chisholm] |
| 3446 | For Hobbes (but not for Kant) a person's actions can be deduced from their desires and beliefs [Chisholm] |