Delegated Causality of Complex Systems
Raimundas Vidunas
TL;DR
The paper introduces delegated causality, a dual concept to interventional causality, explaining causation in complex systems, especially at the edge of chaos, with implications for biology and philosophy.
Contribution
It proposes the concept of delegated causality, linking causation, emergence, and complex systems, and explores its implications across disciplines.
Findings
Delegated causality clarifies causal roles in complex systems.
It relates emergent phenomena to Godel's incompleteness theorem.
Implications for biology and Chinese philosophy are discussed.
Abstract
A notion of delegated causality is introduced. This subtle kind of causality is dual to interventional causality. Delegated causality elucidates the causal role of dynamical systems at the "edge of chaos", explicates evident cases of downward causation, and relates emergent phenomena to Godel's incompleteness theorem. Apparently rich implications are noticed in biology and Chinese philosophy.
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