Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-vgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!brl-tgr!brl-vgr!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-vgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: Help Message-ID: <987@brl-vgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 26-Apr-84 16:34:53 EST Article-I.D.: brl-vgr.987 Posted: Thu Apr 26 16:34:53 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Apr-84 06:37:08 EST References: <7341@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 7 One way to look at this matter is to consider two different views of causality: (1) Events are caused by other events (as in the example you cite); (2) Events are caused by the nature of things combined with the environment of the things. (1) is the traditional philosophy, (2) is probably closer to reality.