Hi Stephen,
First off, I was unaware that "causality" is a sore topic on this
list. How can it be, when discussing Robert Rosen's work??? His work is all
about the causal pathways of systems in the universe. Causality was his main
focus, in many ways. So my feeling is; don't hesitate to ask questions about
this (or anything else). It's Tim's list, but it would surprise me if he
disagreed on this subject. In any case, you can always email me off-list with
questions, too.
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I agree with Judith's
remarks. I'm not sure what Steve was referring to in calling causality
being a "sore topic". Causality - and more generally, entailment -
is central to Rosennean modeling and complexity. Maybe
there have been disagreements over specific assignments of causal
categories for some systems, but I wouldn't have considered that as making it a
sore topic.
Regards,
Tim
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