According to Wikipedia, "Determinism is the philosophical theory that all events, including moral choices, are completely determined by previously existing causes."
Okay, what about non-events? Are non-events determined?
What constitutes an event?
What distinguishes an event from a non-event?
More importantly, what, if anything caused this deterministic system rather than a non-deterministic system? Is the fact of a deterministic system some kind of first / original cause? Somewhere along that deterministic chain will we find everything being non-deterministic? What would determine / cause the event of everything becoming non-deterministic? How are events explained in a non-deterministic system?
Is being deterministic caused? By what?
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"What constitutes an event?"
Consult the falling line of dominoes.
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"What distinguishes an event from a non-event (agent)?"
Consult yourself.
Consult the falling line of dominoes.
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"What distinguishes an event from a non-event (agent)?"
Consult yourself.
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Re: Is being deterministic caused? By what?
An event is something that happens. The churning of butter is an event. The melting of butter is an event. The application of butter onto a piece of toast is an event. Butter is not an event. Anything that is not an event is a non-event.