Necessary Explanations
Joe discusses the idea that contingent things require an explanation, suggesting the existence of a necessary being. He highlights Alexander's paper on the Hume-Edwards principle, which challenges the notion of self-causation in contingent explanations. Through the analogy of a cannonball's trajectory, he illustrates the limitations of internal explanations and emphasizes the need for an external cause to fully understand the phenomenon.In this clip
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