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Causality in Field Physics in its Bearing upon Biological Causation

F. S. C. Northrop

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The concept of causality as it appears in a specific scientific theory involves two factors: (1) the relation of necessary connection between the states of a system at different times, and (2) the definition of state at a given time.

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The concept of causality as it appears in a specific scientific theory involves two factors: (1) the relation of necessary connection between the states of a system at different times, and (2) the definition of state at a given time.

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The concept of causality as it appears in a specific scientific theory involves two factors: (1) the relation of necessary connection between the states of a system at different times, and (2) the definition of state at a given time.

Key concepts: Causation, Causality (physics), Connection (principal bundle), Relation (database), Field (mathematics), Epistemology, Theoretical physics, State (computer science)

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