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IT IS A PATTERN (OUR WORD FOR "FORM")
What's the causal link between the immaterial form and the material object
Yours that is
THE MATHEMATICS OF PATTERN
A FINGER IS A SHAPE DESIGNED FOR A SERIES OF FUNCTIONS
THIS IS DETERMINED BY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ITS PARTS AND THE OBJECTS ON WHICH IT ACTS
THUS ITS ESSENCE IS STRUCTURAL, OR INFORMATIONAL, NOT MATERIAL, OR RELATED TO WHAT IT IS MADE OF
FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN MAKE REASONABLY ACCURATE ROBOTIC FINGERS
THEY EXHIBIT FINGERNESS
PHILOSOPHERS TEND TO USE THE CHAIR AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE IT IS THE SIMPLEST POSSIBLE CHOICE
ANYTHING WITH SUPPORT PLUS A BACK IS A CHAIR
NAIL A BOARD TO A STUMP AND IT WORKS JUST AS WELL
PLATO POSITS AN INFORMATIONAL CAUSE/EFFECT RELATIONSHIP
So the pattern exists prior right
THAT IS: THE DEMANDS OF THE SITUATION DETERMINE WHAT FILLS IT
THE PATTERN "EXISTS" IN THE FORMS OF THE MATHEMATICS OF THE UNIVERSE
IT IS LOGICAL THAT CHAIRNESS WILL BE THERE
FOR THIS REASON, THERE IS AN INFORMATIONAL SUBSTRATE TO THE UNIVERSE
AND THEREFORE, THOUGHTS INFLUENCE MATTER (CF. HERMETICISM) MUCHAS DEEDS DO
BUT WHAT MATTERS IN THE LONG TERM
I.E. WHAT IS ACHIEVED IN AN IDEALISTIC SENSE
THAT IS: THE DEMANDS OF THE SITUATION DETERMINE WHAT FILLS IT
THE PATTERN "EXISTS" IN THE FORMS OF THE MATHEMATICS OF THE UNIVERSE
Can you detail this out
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maybe with just an example
CONSIDER THE FORM OF A FISH
WE KNOW THE NATURE OF PLANETS AND THE NATURE OF WATER
Better
FOR LIFE TO SURVIVE IN WATER, IT MUST HAVE A FORM ADAPTED TO WATER
NAMELY, PROPULSION IS NOT LEGS (LOL)
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE SIMPLEST POSSIBLE FORM WOULD BE A FLIPPER WITH A HEAD
THEN, BECAUSE IT WILL NEED STABILITY AND STEERING, IT HAS FINS
ONE COULD ALSO USE THE EYE AS AN EXAMPLE
IN A WORLD WHERE VISION IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO ACCURATE ASSESS SURROUNDINGS
YOU NEED SOMETHING LIKE A LITTLE CAMERA
It's not good to start from that direction and work backward
It assumes that what happened had to happen and was the only way
NOT NECESSARILY
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT CAUSALITY
BUT DEMANDS OF CONTEXT