On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 06:26:36AM -0400, Richard Ruquist wrote: > It should be mentioned that final causation requires downward causation to > be operative.
Why? The principle of least action in Lagrangian dynamics is an apparent final causation, but no downward causation is in play, as there are no levels. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
