KnowraOccasionalismLinked fromLinked fromThe 15 pages that link to Occasionalism, each with the reason it gives.All 15Broader topic 1Related 6Narrower topic 1Compared with 7Divine providenceCompared with: It offers a more direct account of divine action than ordinary providential concurrence.Al-GhazaliRelated: Al-Ghazali's account of causation challenges the necessity philosophers assigned to natural causes.DualismBroader topic: It offers a theological solution to the interaction problem between mind and body.Cartesian dualismCompared with: It rejects direct interaction between mind and body as substances.KalamRelated: Ash'ari theologians used occasionalist reasoning to safeguard God's ongoing creative power.Ash'arismRelated: Ash'arite thought is associated with denying that created causes act independently of God.Substance dualismCompared with: It preserves mind–body separation by denying direct causal exchange between them.George BerkeleyCompared with: Berkeley also assigns causal power to spirit, but does not simply adopt occasionalism.Mind–body dualismCompared with: It offers a theological solution to interaction without direct causal influence between mind and body.Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ariRelated: Ashʿarī accounts of causation make divine agency decisive in every event.Nicolas MalebrancheNarrower topic: This is the central doctrine Malebranche developed into a systematic account of divine causation.Margaret CavendishCompared with: It offers a contrasting answer to the causal powers Cavendish attributed to matter itself.Fakhr al-Din al-RaziRelated: Al-Razi’s discussions of causation engage questions central to this theological position.The Incoherence of the PhilosophersRelated: This theological account of causation illuminates al-Ghazali's challenge to necessary causal links.Spinoza's EthicsCompared with: Spinoza's single natural order replaces this account of divine intervention.