Comment by user36
6 hours ago
I’m not that well versed in philosophy to dive deeply into theory, but I don’t see a self-refutation. There is obviously a problem of first cause, but I don’t think it refutes my argument about free will. Also, I think Universal Causation is mostly non-controversial and most people agree on it and operate accordingly.
Sorry, this wasn't a reply to the free will part.
And yes, I meant the problem of the first cause, but it probably isn't a strict refutation...
And also, when it's stated as "every effect has a cause" (not "everything," as I first understood it), then it's probably even a tautology :)
To the free will part itself - I can say that I decided to do B because of a reason A (so the effect B was caused directly by my decision and indirectly by A) and I still have a free will?