Hi, That is cause-effect are > not chains. They're not total orders. They're not linear or > sequential. Every effect has multiple (usually a dense infinity) > causes. And every cause has multiple (usually a dense infinity) of > effects. And the causes and effects are inextricably intertwined.
But orderability of events follows from Special Relativity. How do you reconcile that? I am very skeptical of all attempts to dilute the concept of causality (same (skepticism) goes for retrocausality (see other thread), which seems to inspire people but which has never been convincingly shown to exist). Extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence. Regards, Günther -- Günther Greindl Department of Philosophy of Science University of Vienna [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.univie.ac.at/Wissenschaftstheorie/ Blog: http://dao.complexitystudies.org/ Site: http://www.complexitystudies.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
