But causality is uniquely impervious to those kind of explanations. You can explain why humans believe in causality in a physiological sense, but I didn’t think that is what you were asking for. I thought you were asking for some overall metaphysical justification for causality, and there really isn’t any. Causal reasoning works because it works, there’s no other justification to be had for it.
But causality is uniquely impervious to those kind of explanations. You can explain why humans believe in causality in a physiological sense, but I didn’t think that is what you were asking for. I thought you were asking for some overall metaphysical justification for causality, and there really isn’t any. Causal reasoning works because it works, there’s no other justification to be had for it.