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20054 | There has to be a brain event which is not caused by another event, but by the agent [Chisholm] |
Full Idea: There must be some event A, presumably some cerebral event, which is not caused by any other event, but by the agent. | |
From: Roderick Chisholm (Freedom and Action [1966], p.20), quoted by Rowland Stout - Action 4 'Agent' | |
A reaction: I'm afraid this thought strikes me as quaintly ridiculous. What kind of metaphysics can allow causation outside the natural nexus, yet occuring within the physical brain? This is a relic of religious dualism. Let it go. |