07-20-2010, 12:04 AM
...to include even more content, and you'll see that the frame, if we widen the frame further, we'll see that the architecture of the human psyche explains
most of that tension. So the more we include in the frame of reference, the more ambiguous is the meaning of the word 'cause'.
If we drive the inquiry in the other direction ( towards 'effect'), we'll find the same thing- the effects and causes both disperse in scope until eventually they touch everything in the universe.
At what point does this diffusion of focus render the words meaningless? Where is the "right"place to put our frame to discuss cause and effect?
It should be obvious that there is no correct answer to that question. It depends on what you're trying to study.
Ultimately, without frame of reference cause and effect melt back into the whole and quietly disappear. Reality is just doing what it's doing."
most of that tension. So the more we include in the frame of reference, the more ambiguous is the meaning of the word 'cause'.
If we drive the inquiry in the other direction ( towards 'effect'), we'll find the same thing- the effects and causes both disperse in scope until eventually they touch everything in the universe.
At what point does this diffusion of focus render the words meaningless? Where is the "right"place to put our frame to discuss cause and effect?
It should be obvious that there is no correct answer to that question. It depends on what you're trying to study.
Ultimately, without frame of reference cause and effect melt back into the whole and quietly disappear. Reality is just doing what it's doing."