[FRIAM] PM-2017-MethodologicalBehaviorismCausalChainsandCausalForks(1).pdf

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

Hi, All, 

 

If any of you had any spare brain time, I am interested in  the attached
VERY SHORT
<https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:a6e9c10b-06
dc-4ea1-8ffa-d450df62489a>  article:

 

I am struggling here with the idea of "screening off".  Does it mean more or
less than the following:  Granted that, If I had ham, and I had eggs, I
would have ham and eggs, having eggs screens off having ham from having ham
and eggs?   Screening off seems a very odd metaphor.  Is it a term of art in
logic?

 

Also, a general problem I have with causality:  My understanding of
causality is that event A can cause event B  if and only if A is
independently known from B (an event cannot cause itself) AND occurs prior
to B  Now imagine  two perfectly meshed gears, such that motion in one is
instantly conveyed to the other.  I turn gear A and gear B turns.  Has the
motion in A caused the turning of B or has my turning of A caused the motion
of B?  With the gears, this may just seem like a fussy "in the limit" sort
of question, but there seem to be other phenomena where it's worth asking.
Does the discharge of potential along the ionized (?) path CAUSE the
lightning?

 

I realize that the rest of you have spouses, dogs, cats, hobbies, and day
jobs, but any off hand thoughts you have on these matters would be greatly
appreciated. 

 

Nick 

 

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