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Full Idea
The Principle of Sufficient Reason does not presuppose that all explanations will be causal explanations.
Gist of Idea
The Principle of Sufficient Reason does not presuppose that all explanations will be causal explanations
Source
J Baggini / PS Fosl (The Philosopher's Toolkit [2003], §3.28)
Book Ref
Baggini,J and Fosl,P.S.: 'The Philosopher's Toolkit' [Blackwells 2003], p.128
A Reaction
This sounds a reasonable note of caution, but doesn't carry much weight unless some type of non-causal reason can be envisaged. God's free will? Our free will? The laws of causation?