Re: Cause and Effect

[brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

Bob wrote:
> > /// students ... may mistakenly interpret "cause" to support their
> > belief that accelerations come after the force is applied.
At 15:00 10/24/00 -0700, Leigh responded:
> Careful! You're reifying. Acceleration is a formal intellectual
> construct; it is not a real thing.
...
> Leigh


As far as I can tell, Leigh takes the position that force is real and
acceleration is a construct.
 It follows that it is not reification to refer to a real thing in
concrete terms, and it is reification to refer to a construct in
concrete terms.

Brian
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