"Not everything that happens happens as a result of some conscious, directing agency."
Your statement seems to admit that some things that happen, happen as a result of some conscious, directing agency. Or did you really mean that nothing happens as a result of some conscious, directing agency?
"Not everything that happens happens as a result of some conscious, directing agency."Your statement seems to admit that some things that happen, happen as a result of some conscious, directing agency. Or did you really mean that nothing happens as a result of some conscious, directing agency?
A careful reader...excellent. What I'm writing to you now is appearing as a result of my conscious, directing agency (ignoring all of the technical conditions that have to be satisfied as well, of course). So, indeed, some things that happen happen as a result of conscious, directing agency.