CAUSALITY AND THE NEWTONIAN PARADIGM

WE HAVE SEEN THAT THE NEWTONIAN PARADIGM INVOLVES A GENOME PARAMETERIZED FAMILY OF ENVIRONMENTALLY DETERMINED OPERATORS, ACTING ON A SPACE OF

PHENOTYPES (INTERNAL STATES, OR MECHANICAL PHASES)

THUS THE NEWTONIAN PARADIGM IS A SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS OF MOTION FOR THE PHENOTYPES OR STATES

HERE z IS A STATE VECTOR

g IS A GENOME VECTOR

B IS A VECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTS

AFTER INTEGRATION:

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