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Also Known As	causality • cause and effect

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teleology determinism first cause entelechy fatalism efficient cause final cause material cause formal cause indeterminism identity truth substance existence of God form postmaterialism logos a priori knowledge free will best of all possible worlds

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David Hume

David Hume

Scottish philosopher