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If by "reality" you mean "the universe", then the way the universe is depends on a cause, as the existence of the universe is not explained by the universe itse
by lo_zamoyski 1y ago
If by "reality" you mean "the universe", then the way the universe is depends on a cause, as the existence of the universe is not explained by the universe itself (even an "eternal" universe). Its existence is contingent on some other cause that ultimately cannot be contingent and thus does not require explanation.
So the cause or dare I say reason for the universe being the way it is will depend on its cause.
- adastra22 1y agoThe universe just is that way because it is. THAT is the root cause.
- lo_zamoyski 1y agoThat's not a cause. That's a tautological assertion that obscured by the use of the word "because".
- adastra22 1y agoAnd you have an implied axiomatic assertion that everything must have a cause, even though that necessarily results in an infinite recursion of cause-finding.
- lo_zamoyski 1y agoNowhere did I say or imply everything needs a cause. That's your baggage. In fact, it is the exact opposite: that because an infinite regress is incoherent and impossible, there must be some necessary uncaused cause where the buck stops. "The universe" cannot be that cause, as the universe and everything in it is contingent.
- gizajob 1y agoI feel like the language of this argument is self-undermining. The existence of the universe being dependent on a cause that is itself not contingent on anything else… As easily the existence of the universe could be not contingent with anything else.
- lo_zamoyski 1y ago> As easily the existence of the universe could be not contingent with anything else. But the universe is contingent. It isn't necessary. It is one big chain of dependence.