Yes, my first proposed kind of causation is indeed the usual physics kind of
causation.
I'm not sure that you understood my second proposed kind of causation - a
choice made by a teleological agent (like humans) which affects the
teleology (process of moving towards one's goals) of other agents. This is
not 'downward causation' or 'efficient causation' as far as I can tell.
My third proposed kind of causation is highly abstract in nature and hard
to explain. It involves the structure of the Multiverse (patterns across
multiple QM branches). A sort of 'Platonic' cause tying different kinds of
knowledge together - i.e establishing a logical 'direction' for complexity.
On 9/19/05, Russell Standish <r.standish.domain.name.hidden> wrote:
>
> OK - the first is the usual sort of cause used in Physics, or material
> cause. The second is sometimes known as downward causation, or
> efficient causation. The third one, though I'm struggling with. Is it
> the same as my "circular causation", sort of first and final casuation
> rolled into one?
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
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