Immanent Causality §

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• Naturalism: Naturalism, the view that only natural laws and causes exist, is compatible with immanent causality as it rejects supernatural or external causes.
• Teleology: Immanent causality has been contrasted with teleological causality, which posits that events are caused by their final or intended purpose.
• Ontology: Immanent causality has ontological implications, as it relates to the fundamental nature of being and existence.
• Spinoza’s Monism: Spinoza’s substance monism, which posits that there is only one substance (God or Nature), is compatible with immanent causality.
• Pantheism: Pantheism, the belief that God and the universe are identical, is compatible with immanent causality as it posits a single, self-causing substance.
• Immanence: Immanent causality is the idea that causation operates within the natural world, rather than being imposed from outside or by a transcendent force.
• Metaphysics: Immanent causality is a metaphysical concept that deals with the nature of causation and the underlying principles of reality.
• Aristotelian Causality: Aristotle’s concept of causality, which includes formal, material, efficient, and final causes, has influenced discussions of immanent causality.
• Hume’s Fork: Immanent causality challenges Hume’s fork, which separates statements into analytic and synthetic categories, as it involves both empirical and a priori elements.
• Transcendental Idealism: Kant’s transcendental idealism provides a framework for understanding immanent causality as a condition of experience rather than a feature of things-in-themselves.
• Emergentism: Emergentism, the view that higher-level properties emerge from lower-level processes, can be seen as a form of immanent causality.
• Free Will: Immanent causality challenges the notion of free will, as it suggests that all events are determined by prior causes.
• Determinism: Immanent causality is often associated with determinism, the idea that all events are caused by prior events in a chain of causality.
• Rationalism: Immanent causality has been explored by rationalist philosophers who emphasize the role of reason and a priori knowledge in understanding causality.
• Causation: Immanent causality is a type of causation where the cause and effect are inherent within the same substance or system.
• Materialism: Materialists who believe that only matter and physical processes exist may accept immanent causality as a principle governing the physical world.
• Empiricism: Empiricist philosophers have criticized immanent causality as it goes beyond empirical observation and relies on metaphysical assumptions.
• Kant’s Critique: Kant’s critique of metaphysics and his distinction between phenomena and noumena have influenced discussions of immanent causality.
• Substance Monism: Immanent causality is often associated with substance monism, the view that there is only one fundamental substance in the universe.
• Efficient Causality: Immanent causality is often contrasted with efficient causality, which posits that causes are external to their effects.