can we directly observe causation every time we see a pair of scissors?

Question

if we can, what philosophical problems might this solve

Answer 1

No in fact we NEVER observe causation. We see one action then we immediately see ANOTHER motion, but we never see the causation itself.

Answer 2

Yes: every time we see a pair of scissors, we know that it must have had a first cause (or primum mobilis) in order to exist. In other words, we know by its existence that it had a maker (since we know scissors do not come about by any other way).

In regards to other philosophy, great theologians and philosophers of the early world tried to use this argument to prove the existence of God, starting with Aristotle and culminating in the great Summa Theologica with Thomas of Aquinas.

Answer 3

no. The sissors bear no direct relationship to causation.