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Ott offers an intriguing discussion of Malebranche's arguments for occasionalism, having argued that Malebranche held the "cognitive model of causation," which entails both that a "cause must logically necessitate its effect" and that "it must be directed at that effect by in some sense 'including' it" (14).
In each syllogism, the premises not only logically necessitate the conclusion (i.e., the truth of the premises makes it logically impossible for the conclusion to be false) but causally explain it as well.
So, while certain events might logically necessitate some sort of divine action and, hence, be an occasion for God to act, they are not themselves causally efficacious, according to Malebranche.
He is the intellectual apex necessitated by the system.
His occasional attendance at mass was necessitated by his rank.
498, 500, related to adjustments necessitated by appropriations.
The programme was necessitated by the housing catastrophe that the Soviet Union faced by the 1950s.
The renovation, which was completed in 2006, was necessitated by a breakup.
"This election was necessitated by the unstable outcome of the 7 June elections.
We will keep you apprised in advance of any personnel actions necessitated by sequestration.
His emendations were necessitated by the need to bring actual practice in line with the text.
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