Randomness and Indeterminism

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Randomness and luck, fate and providence. How do these facets of
life relate to one another? Or is everything, actually,
mechanically determined with synchronicities, say, being no more
than coincidences? In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon
Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon discuss the ways in
which philosophers and scientists, ancient and modern, have
imagined and explored notions of causality and sympathy in
nature, alongside fortune and theurgy in relation to the gods.
The ideas of Aristotle and Boethius provide a striking background
against which to consider more recent scientific work. Rupert
also demonstrates how fields can influence seemingly random
effects using a Galton Board - a remarkably profound analogue
for, say, practices such as prayer.