Mode and Mutant

Efficient Causality is often interpreted as equivalent to Mechanical Causality, so, insofar as Spinozist 'Nature' is governed by the former, it is governed by the latter, as well. Now, for Spinoza, God and Nature are identical, and that God, as has been previously discussed here, is self-creative. Thus, his Nature is self-creative, too. Furthermore, that self-creativity consists in the generation of novel entities, i. e. Modes. So, self-creative Nature consists in an increase in its parts, while maintaining general integrity. But, the pattern of increasing parts while maintaining general integrity, has been previously defined here as an increase in 'Complexity', and an 'increase in Complexity' has been previously defined here as 'Evolvement'. Familiar examples of Evolvemental processes include Growth and Darwinian Evolution. So, Spinozist Nature, too, exemplifies an Evolvemental system, in which modification is isomorphic to mutation, i. e. the difference between a Spinozist Mode and a Darwinian Mutant is one of degree, not of kind. Now, the capacity of Mechanical principles to explain Evolutionary processes has remained questionable. So the adequacy of the classification 'Efficient Causality' to Spinoza's system is, likewise, questionable, regardless of his intentions.