just read it! this idea of causality somewhat reminds me of 'telos (τελος)' in Greek Stoicism. Luke Smith touches a bit on that idea in one of his older podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktNWD8XyCeo (around 5 minutes in)

@vihmu Yes! Brilliant observation!! Aristotelian metaphysics has different "types" of causes: material, efficient, formal, and final. The final cause is also known as telos. Modern notion of causation usually refers to the efficient cause so that's what I focused on. Efficient causes are inseparable from telos because it involves actualizing a potency, but a potency is always "pointing" towards something.

I love this topic. I agree that constant conjunction is not the same as causality, and that inductive reasoning cannot establish certainty. Great post! :)

Btw just a heads up; post title says "empircal" instead of "empirical"

@rainight good to know! the causes distinction reminded me of another post i read from Luke lol https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/we-want-our-4-causes-back/

@alpx, I'm glad you liked it! What typo are you talking about? I see no typo. I definitely didn't edit after seeing your reply or anything.

@vihmu, I've read that article a few years ago actually :)

@rainight I must be seeing things... (~_~")