One more point, last but not least. Monday, September 1, 2008, 3:17:10 AM, Stanley wrote:
>> I'd say >>I'm just as pro-levels as you, perhaps even more so, insisting that, >>to use your terminology, the efficient cause and its effects must be >>viewed on the same level, and the efficient cause must be very >>clearly distinguished from the others for that reason. > Putting it that more precise way leaves me with no objection. > Efficient cause would tend to occur at one of whatever levels a > system has. I'm afraid I can't agree with that. As I see it, causation has to occur along all levels simultaneously. If I bounce a tennis ball off a wall, the narratives regarding (a) macro-level ball-bounce, and (b) molecular-level wall-molecule/ball-molecule interaction, will be quite different, but equally valid, surely? -- Robin Faichney <http://www.dalbrack.org/> _______________________________________________ fis mailing list [email protected] https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis
