Monday, June 10, 2019

Material Causality, Procreation, DNA

One of the most significant examples of Material Causality is one of the recent discoveries in Biology via the microscope.  This is DNA, one of the fundamental constituents of a Cell, responsible for multiple developmental processes.  In many multi-cellular organisms, including humans, DNA is transmitted via the procreative process.  And, as has become very well known, DNA testing is among the primary means of identifying a person.  In other words, DNA is ingredient in procreation, and is a source of differentiating people.  Together, the two functions indicate that Procreation is determined by a principle of Diversification, and, hence, is an instance of Material Causality, previously defined.  But, in the context of an ideology that promotes social Individuality or Singularity, i. e. that promotes the essential mutual independence of its members, that character of Procreation cannot be recognized.  For, Diversification entails not independence but relativity, i. e. difference-from, and, hence, is antithetical to such an ideology.  Thus, recognized or not, the by now familiar practice of DNA testing exposes a shortcoming of such ideology, while demonstrating the potential importance of the revision of the concept of Material Causality that has been proposed here.

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