Causality: Physics and Philosophy

Atanu Chatterjee

Atanu Chatterjee Indian Astrobiology Research Centre

Abstract

Nature is a complex causal network exhibiting diverse forms and species. These forms or rather systems are physically open, structurally complex and naturally adaptive. They interact with the surrounding media by operating a positivefeedback loop through which, they adapt, organize and self-organize themselves in response to the ever-changing environment. Interaction is a two-way process, by which a system extracts as well as dissipates information into the surrounding. Information transcends through the levels of hierarchy triggering a series of phenomena in nature. Every natural phenomenon thus forms a part of an infinite (natural) causal chain.

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