Abstract entities are real, claims David Deutsch
(The Beginning of Infinity) and these abstract entities
can play a role in causing physical phenomena.
Indeed, Causation itself is such an abstraction.
I play my guitar, I pluck the strings,
they are caused to vibrate. At what point did the
cause originate; my fingers, my brain, something I heard
on the radio that impelled me to play; a compliment 3 months ago.
Is cause an abstraction? Discuss.
(The Beginning of Infinity) and these abstract entities
can play a role in causing physical phenomena.
Indeed, Causation itself is such an abstraction.
I play my guitar, I pluck the strings,
they are caused to vibrate. At what point did the
cause originate; my fingers, my brain, something I heard
on the radio that impelled me to play; a compliment 3 months ago.
Is cause an abstraction? Discuss.
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