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    Descartes believed that God was the primary cause of all things but allowed for occasional or secondary causes in nature. The article analyzes Descartes' view of occasionalism and occasional causation, in which he believed that material things could be occasional causes but that God remained the primary cause of all effects. It discusses how for Descartes, occasional causes were not truly efficient causes but rather provided God with occasions to produce effects according to his will and the laws of nature he established.

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    Descartes believed that God was the primary cause of all things but allowed for occasional or secondary causes in nature. The article analyzes Descartes' view of occasionalism and occasional causation, in which he believed that material things could be occasional causes but that God remained the primary cause of all effects. It discusses how for Descartes, occasional causes were not truly efficient causes but rather provided God with occasions to produce effects according to his will and the laws of nature he established.

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    Descartes believed that God was the primary cause of all things but allowed for occasional or secondary causes in nature. The article analyzes Descartes' view of occasionalism and occasional causation, in which he believed that material things could be occasional causes but that God remained the primary cause of all effects. It discusses how for Descartes, occasional causes were not truly efficient causes but rather provided God with occasions to produce effects according to his will and the laws of nature he established.

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    Journal of the History of Philosophy, Volume 38, Number 4, October


    2000, pp. 503-528 (Article)

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    DOI: 10.1353/hph.2005.0041

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    http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/hph/summary/v038/38.4scott.html

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