HoP 489 All Power to Him: Malebranche and Occasionalism
About this episode
This episode explores Malebranche's view that all bodily motions and thoughts are caused by God, with created things serving only as occasions for divine action.
What led Malebranche to his notorious view that all bodily motions and thoughts are caused by God, with created things serving only as “occasions” for divine action?
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