Its a different mode of description. Physics does not describe the subjective state. Also, causation no. 2 appears to work in the opposite direction to causation no. 1.
Cheers On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 06:01:45PM -0700, Pete Carlton wrote: > > On Sep 19, 2005, at 1:00 AM, Marc Geddes wrote: > > >Here's a speculation: > > > >The model I'm working with for my theory seems to suggest 3 > >different fundamental kinds of 'cause and effect'. > > > >The first is physical causality - motion of physical objects > >through space. > >The second is mental causality - agents making choices which > >effect agents > >The third is what I call 'Multiverse causality', a sort of highly > >abtsract 'causality' close to the notion of logical consistency/ > >consilience - that which ensures that knowledge has a certain > >ordered 'structure' to it . > > > >Anyone have any thoughts on this? > > > > Here's my thought -- isn't it the case that we know enough about how > brains work today that, at the very least, it is a huge overstatement > to refer to the first two types as "different fundamental kinds"? In > other words, I will claim that type 2 is actually nothing more than a > subset of type 1, occurring in particular circumstances. What > evidence goes against this view? > > -Pete -- *PS: A number of people ask me about the attachment to my email, which is of type "application/pgp-signature". Don't worry, it is not a virus. It is an electronic signature, that may be used to verify this email came from me if you have PGP or GPG installed. Otherwise, you may safely ignore this attachment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 8308 3119 (mobile) Mathematics 0425 253119 (") UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australia http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks International prefix +612, Interstate prefix 02 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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