[*Is Allin's article on-line? If so, what is the URL?*] Paul C, in summarizing Allin's representation of Bhaskar's definition of a 'closed system' in [6239], wrote: > Allin says that Bhaskar defines a closed system, one capable of > generating a constant conjuction of events as requiring 3 conditions: <snip, JL> > 2. The individuals of the system must be atomic (lacking in internal > structure) or their internal conditions must be unchanging over the > period in question. <snip, JL> Doesn't this mean that Bhaskar defines a 'closed system' in such a way that it can not be non-linear and dynamic? ... doesn't the proposition that 'internal conditions must be unchanging' require an essentially static system? ... doesn't this then confuse/conflate the distinctions between closed/open with static/dynamic? In solidarity, Jerry
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