[FRIAM] better simulating actual FriAM

[Frank Wimberly]

The counterfactual definition of cause that you offer has been widely
discussed and has been found to be inadequate.

Jon, give me an "other thing" that may be a cause and I'll bet that I can
explain how it's an event.  Or how you can construe it as one.

There is a book called "Entailment" by Anderson and Belnap that I think
Glen should read.  I haven't read it but I think causes and logical
implications are examples.

Frank



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On Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 5:26 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think the relation between cause and entailment goes something like this:
>
> If cause means, event A is always followed by event B and B never occurs in
> the absence of A (for instance)
>
> Then the statement that A causes B, taken with the statement "A has
> occurred", entails the occurrence of B.
>
> But boy, howdy, am I NOT a logician!
>
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> Nicholas Thompson
> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
> Clark University
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> From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Jon Zingale
> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2020 5:20 PM
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> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] better simulating actual FriAM
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> Thanks, that sounds right. Are we interested in similar relations like
> entailment?
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