[FRIAM] The epiphenomenality relation

[Frank Wimberly]

The Wikipedia article on "Causality" is much better.

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Frank C. Wimberly
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On Mon, Nov 29, 2021, 3:27 PM Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:

>
> On 11/29/21 12:04 PM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
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> Steve,  Is there any difference between a sequential dynamic system and a
> causal system, or is the former a species of the latter?
>
>
>
> Just trying to get the words straight.
>
> I can't say for sure.
>
>
> SDS's are definitely in the class of "causal systems" in general sense of
> the term.   Wikipedia's definition of "causal system" was a little
> perplexing insomuch as it defined same more in terms of not being "acausal"
> or "anticausal".   I have some intuitions about what the latter might mean
> but would probably continue to muddy the water by trying.  It seems
> relevant that the wikipedia entry for anticausal systems refers to them as
> "hypothetical"?
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticausal_system
>
> The point of SDS's are that they are a fairly general, subsuming, *formal*
> description (with computer-based implementations) of causal systems.
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