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Acta Biotheoretica 31, 29-43 (1982) 0001-5342/82/010029-15 $00.20/0 © 1982 Martinus Nifhoff/Dr IV. Junk Publishers, The Hague. Printed in the Netherlands H.P. WOLVEKAMPt (Rochford, England) (Reeeived 29- VI- 1981) A. Pluricausafity 1. Introduction The idea that nothing happens, no change occurs, without this change having a cause is entirely derived from experience. So strong is our conviction that every change has a cause that we postulate causes even when we do not know them, and in science the ferreting out of unknown causes is a centre- piece of research. The concept of causality is not easily defined in a satisfactory way. The literature concerned is copious. Most of the problems raised and discussed during the ages will be ignored in this paper. An exhaustive treatment of them, though mainly from the standpoint of the physicist, is to be found in a book by M. Bunge (1963). One point, however, should be mentioned, though, of course, it has drawn the attention, not only of philosophers and scientists, but also of anyone having his wits about him, in the experience of daily life: a cause has only a definite result when certain conditions are fulfilled. A falling body only follows a vertical
Acta Biotheoretica – Springer Journals
Published: May 3, 2004
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