EPISODE · Mar 22, 2026 · 21 MIN
HoP 489 All Power to Him: Malebranche and Occasionalism
from History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps · host Peter Adamson
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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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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