By "local" arguments, I mean arguments that aim to establish the occasionalist conclusion for the particular type of substance involved.
By "global", I mean arguments that intend to establish the occasionalist conclusion for all created substances, regardless of which type of substance they are.
For that reason Finocchiaro prefers to speak of fallacious arguments by which he means arguments in which the conclusion fails to follow from the premises rather than fallacies (1987, 133).
By his lights, at least, this would mean arguments that rest on the principle of utility and on a conception of human nature that incorporates both his father's associationist psychology and additional insights gleaned from numerous other thinkers (Taylor Mill included) and his own singular life.
It meant frequent arguments with her husband.
Another impact of the secrecy has meant policy arguments over drone strikes have accordingly occurred in an information vacuum.
The Bush administration's abuses — and ends justify the means arguments — did huge damage to this country's standing and gave its enemies succor and comfort.
What they meant by this was making any sort of "ends justify the means" arguments, rather than walking only on the straight and narrow moral path.
This means thermodynamic arguments are replaced by arguments based on population dynamics (see above), when trying to understand why agents minimise their free-energy.
In essence, this meant endless argument, endless theorizing, endless scoring.
