Ken Mogg said: "So it seems that causality is indeed, first and foremost,
inner. Whatever quantum mechanics shows about the predictability of
certain events, they are still 'phenomena' of the brain - John himself
uses that word 'phenomena' to describe them."
Firstly, I am glad I could help. Secondly, I believe Schopenhauer (and
certainly later phenomenologists) clearly demarcate the 'true' inner and
outer in the liminal space of perception. Things we perceive, though
influenced by our brain, cognition, memory, etc... are largely
objectively 'real' and thus predictable within a certain frame of
reference. You may want to look at Husserl's restructuring of
phenomenology after Brentano to accomodate 'unreal' things presented as
real--i.e. to schizophrenics.
Also: never forget that predictablity in the 'real' world is largely a
representation of statistical probability--Einstein distanced himself from
quantum mechanics because of this, saying: "God does not play dice with
the universe." The more current modish theory of Chaos Theory seems to
suggest that seemingly random events are really aspects of a
larger, 'transcendental' pattern. What does that do for historicity??
Best! John
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