RE: A causes B *means* A always comes before B

From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Nov 19 2002 - 21:10:58 MST


Lee Corbin wrote:

>> For example one cannot see the stars unless one first has eyes
>> to see, but having eyes to see does not cause one to see the
>> stars. Eyesight is a necessary condition but not a cause.
>
> We are talking about events, events of some type or other.
> The claim was about events of type A always preceding
> events of type B in time. Not conditions.

I can rephrase it in terms of events only:

One cannot see the stars unless one first opens one's eyes, but opening
one's eyes does not cause one to see the stars.

-gts



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