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Al-Ghazali challenges causal necessity and gives accounts of regularity and possible exceptions. Keep in view the argument’s religious purpose and the alternative replies to it.
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Guided course · Module 6 · Lesson 31
What can reason establish about causation?
Al-Ghazali challenges causal necessity, and Averroes defends the natural powers of things. What does observation establish, and how does each account explain regularity, conditions and possible exceptions?