List, Helmut: > > I think, that final causation (or induction) requires a need, which is > something only organisms have. No stone or molecule needs anything.
I suggest that semantics of scientific causality and substantially wider than the narrow usage suggested by your philosophy. CSP logic is grounded in the set of terms: Quali-sign. Sin-sign. Legi-sign. No constraints are placed on any of these terms. The Latin root of the logical terminology is used extensively in all the sciences. I strongly suspect that the German logical terminology differs substantially from the English. In any case, here are some examples of the causal usages of L. ducere Adduction - limb motions Induction - electrical motors, genetic response to stimulus, chemical reaction catalysis Production - many, many,…. For example, interpretation of sin-signs produce indices. Transduction - forms of energy Synduction is idio-syntactic for truth generating functions that create the uniqueness of the “line of identity”. Cheers Jerry
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