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**Lupposofi** @Lupposofi@mementomori.social · Aug 22

**ChillinBrazil** @Buddhism@mastodon.social · Jul 14

**Arthur Charpentier ⏚** @freakonometrics@mastodon.social · Jun 30

**stoicmike** @stoicmike@zirk.us · Jun 29

Continued thread

**jan** @jan@pleroma.microblog.se · May 2

May 2

jan @jan@pleroma.microblog.se

”Prehension unifies causality, perception, and memory into a single notion of “feeling.” …our bodies feel causal efficacy directly. When you flick a light switch and your pupils contract, that is causality-in-experience. …feeling, aim, and purpose arise within nature, not by external imposition.”
—Matthew Segall, Prehensions, Propositions, and the Cosmological Commons
#whitehead #prehension #causality #perception #memory

#memory

**Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich** @davdittrich@fediscience.org · Feb 21

Feb 21

Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich @davdittrich@fediscience.org

Beyond #causality
https://aeon.co/essays/to-better-understand-the-world-follow-the-paths-of-mathematics

#Mathematics shows that understanding isn't just about finding causes, but about recognizing complex structural relationships that connect mind and nature. It shows that the mental and physical worlds aren't separate - they're different aspects of the same reality.

So, stop seeing #science and #humanities as competing worldviews. They're complementary ways of exploring our interconnected world, with mathematics as the translator between them.

AeonTo better understand the world, follow the paths of mathematics | Aeon EssaysIn order to bridge the yawning gulf between the humanities and the sciences we must turn to an unexpected field: mathematics

#Philosophy #Interdisciplinary

**John Charles Harman** @truebuddhism.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Feb 14

**Alexander** @Scriddie@mathstodon.xyz · Feb 3 *

Feb 3 *

Alexander @Scriddie@mathstodon.xyz

Our new article is now on arXiv:
**The Case for Time in Causal DAGs**
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2501.19311

We propose an explicit notion of time for the variables in causal DAGs and argue that this is essential for interpreting causal relationships and for assessing the applicability of DAGs as causal models.
Our work breaks with the "nontemporal" interpretation of causal DAGs and positions them closer to the potential outcomes framework and time-series causality.
Personally, I feel like the ideas that have culminated in this work have finally put me at ease with causal DAGs, which had always seemed somewhat metaphysical to me before.

Feel free to reach out if you would like to discuss!
#causality #statistics #DAG

arXiv.orgThe Case for Time in Causal DAGsWe make the case for incorporating time explicitly into the definition of variables in causal directed acyclic graphs (DAGs). Causality requires that causes precede effects in time, meaning that the causal relationships between variables in one time order may not be the same in another. Therefore, any causal model requires temporal qualification. We formalize a notion of time for causal variables and argue that this resolves existing ambiguity in causal DAGs and is essential to assessing the validity of the acyclicity assumption. If variables are separated in time, their causal relationship is necessarily acyclic. Otherwise, acyclicity depends on the absence of any causal cycles permitted by the time order. We introduce a formal distinction between these two conditions and lay out their respective implications. We outline connections of our contribution with different strands of the broader causality literature and discuss the ramifications of considering time for the interpretation and applicability of DAGs as causal models.

**John Charles Harman** @truebuddhism.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jan 3

**Compassion’s COMPASS** @wilsonhurley@mastodon.world · Jan 2

**Jim Donegan** @jimdonegan@mastodon.scot · Dec 28, 2024

**Gerald Leppert, PhD** @gerald_leppert@bonn.social · Nov 25, 2024

**DSLC Videos** @DSLCvids@fosstodon.org · Oct 24, 2024

**DSLC Videos** @DSLCvids@fosstodon.org · Oct 3, 2024

**Steven Carneiro** @mischiefist@vivaldi.net · Sep 15, 2024

**DSLC Videos** @DSLCvids@fosstodon.org · Sep 12, 2024

**Pied Piper** @piedpiper@mastodon.online · Aug 30, 2024

Aug 30, 2024

Pied Piper @piedpiper@mastodon.online

Life is a Tragedy

Is it mostly of his own doing?
You get what you ask for even when unaware of what you want.
This is because of the universal principle of #causality of things.

Is #tragedy necessary?
Only from the universal perspective of #evolution.

@philosophy @psychology
#againstdarkmanners

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