Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Disjunction and Determinism

Determinism can be either Rational or Mechanical, i. e. development according to Logical laws, or according to mechanistic laws, with the latter derived from the former in some cases.  So, in the first case, Determinism is a function of what the Logical principles happen to be, and hence, distinguishable on that basis, e. g. Analytical Logic vs. Dialectical Logic.  Now, as has been previously discussed, a generally unrecognized Logical operative is the one-place Disjunction, i. e. Other-Than, which generates Alteriority, corresponding to which is Material Causality, as has been defined here.  A notable application of one-place Disjunction is to the process of Emanation, which consists in a spreading out from an original point, a principle subscribed to by Plotinus and, arguably, Spinoza.  But, as has been previously discussed, Disjunctive development is indeterminate.  So, one variety of Determinism, at minimum, incorporates an Indeterminist component.

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