Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Union of Body and Soul', 'Geometrical Method and Metaphysics' and 'Creating the Kingdom of Ends'

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3 ideas

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations
Minds are best explained by their ends, and bodies by efficient causes [Leibniz]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics
Maybe final value rests on the extrinsic property of being valued by a rational agent [Korsgaard, by Orsi]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
A true cause must involve a necessary connection between cause and effect [Malebranche]