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Is there purpose in the cosmos?
Philosopher's Zone
Exploring Causation and Proto-Rational Agency in Nature
This chapter explores David Hume's skeptical views on causation through a tennis analogy, highlighting the inadequacies in scientific explanations of reality. It suggests that particles may exhibit a basic form of inclination, akin to young children's behavioral motivations, thereby hinting at a primitive kind of agency in the physical realm.
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