From: clyder@GN.APC.ORG
Date: Sun Nov 13 2005 - 16:27:10 EST
Quoting Rakesh Bhandari <bhandari@BERKELEY.EDU>: > Does that mean any conception of causality not present in mechanics > is semi subjectivist and prescientific? I don't see how you are supporting > this; nor do I see how you have made a case for redefining causality rather > than dispensing with it altogether as a primitive concept having its > origins in,,say, retribution or primitive cosmology. > > I would be happy enough with a suggestion that the standard notion of causality might have its origins in juridical ideology and notions of retribution. That is at least plausible. The position I am defending is an amalgum of Althusserianism and Australian Materialism, as elaborated by JJC Smart and H Price. For a detailed account see http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/gr-qc/pdf/9406/9406028.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
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