uncaused

Examples

• All

• The sorts of arguments you are talking about conclude that God is an uncaused cause.

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• One shouldn't confuse the fact that an action is undetermined with the fact that it is uncaused.

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• The argument for the necessity of an uncaused cause is a sound one.

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• Ergo, thinking of free will as something uncaused is a mistake.

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• And here is a modern bishop: "The uncaused self-existent Eternal is indeed One, One God."

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• The Wave Function of the Universe implies that there is a 95% probability that the universe came into existence uncaused.

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• Quantum mechanics has convinced most physicists that uncaused events can occur.

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• The take-home message is that Quentin currently holds to a self-caused universe, not an uncaused universe.

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• And this impossibility of a past-infinite elapse of time indicates an uncaused original world with no succession of time.

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• Many philosophers argue that the universe must have an uncaused origin to explain its existence.

Synonyms

U

unexplained

vsuncaused

62 4.8

No one knows the cause

asserts that no cause exists, not merely that it is unknown

U

unprovoked

vsuncaused

23 6.5

Happening for no clear reason

applies to absence of cause for things generally, not only actions

U

uncreated

vsuncaused

• Formal

1 9.3

Existing without a beginning or cause

emphasizes absence of cause rather than the process of making

C

causeless

vsuncaused

1 8.2

Happening for no clear reason

is the same absence of cause expressed in the key concept

U

unoriginated

vsuncaused

9.9

Has no cause or maker

focuses on lack of any cause rather than birthplace or source

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology