From: Erin N. (enoonan@kent.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 18 2002 - 04:44:26 GMT
Glenn,
I didn't like "linear causality" because it was making
it sound like I was describing some special kind of
causality. Causality seems linear to me...not just "linear causality."
If doesn't seem linear to me can you explain to me why.
I thought you were giving me a hard time because i know
you knew what I meant when I said AB. You were here when we
gave the examples when we discussed evolution-causal and teleological.
If I really thought you didn't know what i meant I would
have spelled it out for you.
I didn't understand why you kept making it sound like
I am describing some kind of special causality with questions
of "AB causality" and "linear causality".
erin
"Causality is defined very loosely, as a 'chain of cause and effect.' This
means a series of links, in which each one is firmly locked into its two
neighbors so that the whole chanin is able to stretch out indefinitely in both
directions. In this way, every event in the universe is causally linked to an
event that comes before it and to one that comes after. There can be no room
in this 'creation' for free will, creativity, or synchronicity.
This, of course, does not describe causality sufficiently because a single
event can be at the junction of many interlinked "chains" of causes which all
act upon the result, or a single event can branch out into many "chains" and
be at the root of many later and varied events. But, for the present purpose,
the idea of causality is that one thing leads to another and another and so
on."
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