Causality and Adaptation

Sometime after stealing fire from the gods, Prometheus might notice that fire can heat up or even burn an object in its vicinity.  According to Hume, his observation is constituted by a constant conjunction, while according to Kant, the connection is ordered.  However, neither of these analyses can explain how Prometheus might, on the basis of that observation, use fire to cook some raw meat, prior to eating it, i. e. can explain the transformation of 'A causes B' into 'A is a means to B'.  Now, as has been previously discussed, such a transformation involves a coordination of Adaptation-To and Adaptation-Of, no different than using the perception of a piece of fruit to guide the locating it and plucking it.  But, the latter coordination is accomplished by Formal Causality, i. e. the perception shapes the motility required to pick the fruit.  Using a Theory to achieve an End is no different--it guides what steps to take, e. g. build a fire, place the meat close to the fire, and eat it when it is sufficiently brown.  So, the prominent Modern concepts of Causality are inadequate to an Ecological process such as Adaptation.