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Position:Home>Philosophy> Do sons cause fathers?Question: Do sons cause fathers!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: A man prior to having a son is not a "father!." This man only becomes a father after the birth of his son!. So yes, sons cause fathers!. For example, my wife and I want to have children, yet, at this point in time (A) we do not have any!. Although we can assume anything is possible to happen between now (A) and a given point in the future (X), but let's assume because of our desire to have children that any given point in the future (X) my wife and I will in fact have children!. Now, if it were the case that fathers cause sons, I in the present "I(A)," being son-less" could still be called a father; a "father" who will at (X) cause a son to come into existence!. This is however extremely problematic in more ways than one, for I being son-less am not a father!. For one to be a father, having a son is required!. Thus, when I at (X), "I(X)," happen to have either produced biologically, or acquired via adoption, a male-child (i!.e!. "son") I will become a father!. My acquisition of the title "father" depends wholeheartedly on my having a son (a priori)!. "Father" is a posteriori to son!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Have you ever taken sex ed!? It just so happens that both fathers and mothers cause their childrenWww@QuestionHome@Com Any man, dog, cat, bird, monkey can be a father, it takes someone special to be a DAD!.Www@QuestionHome@Com No!. There are many sons without a father!.Www@QuestionHome@Com They do in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" - hahaWww@QuestionHome@Com What's the difference between a duck!?Www@QuestionHome@Com not always- yes in one sense it would be ideal but isnt always the case on the other hand fathering comes from the heartWww@QuestionHome@Com in the not to far distant future=Www@QuestionHome@Com so do daughters!Www@QuestionHome@Com |