Mental causation, idea that it is us–via our minds–who cause bodily actions is as
commonsensical as it is indispensable for our understanding of ourselves as rational …

The laws of nature have played a central role in philosophy and science since the beginning
of the modern era. That they were originally a theistic idea is uncontroversial. The early …

For better or worse, the view that the laws of nature were simply God's decrees soon gave
way to the reified version more common today (…). If a phenomenon is explained by way of …