KnowraOccasionalismLinked fromLinked fromThe 15 pages that link to Occasionalism, each with the reason it gives.All 15Broader topic 1Related 6Narrower topic 1Compared with 7Al-GhazaliRelated: Al-Ghazali's account of causation challenges the necessity philosophers assigned to natural causes.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.Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ariRelated: Ashʿarī accounts of causation make divine agency decisive in every event.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.