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Re: Rosen, Kauffman and compatibility

I agree that "closed to efficient cause" does not appear to be a sufficient condition.
Tim
 
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From: ROSEN Forum [mailto:***On Behalf Of Howard Pattee
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 11:57 AM
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Subject: Re: Rosen, Kauffman and compatibility

At 08:00 AM 1/29/05 -0500, Tim wrote:
Howard,
And your point is...?

No point. I was surprised that my memory was so bad. We apparently agree that "closed to efficient causation" is a necessary condition for life. It does not appear to me to be a sufficient condition.
Do we disagree on sufficiency?

Howard