From: Robert Owen (rowen@technologist.com)
Date: Sat Dec 25 1999 - 11:33:17 MST
Dan Fabulich wrote:
> ...the laws of physics are true...
In which case you distinguish "potentiality" (or "possibility") from
"actuality". "Causality" is a relation useful for describing observed
connections among actualities (c.f. "covariance" and "correlation").
A "potentiality" cannot be regarded as a necessary or sufficient
condition for an "actuality" but only an assertion of the possibility
of the latter. E.g., "at 14:23 Z 01 Jan 2000 the probability of X
being at point Y is 0.98". I might also add, if X is at Y at t, then
Z.
What would you call the relation, if any, subsisting between any
potentiality Q and some actuality R?
Happy Holidays,
Bob
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