how can what has happened - at another time -
be relevant to the present - unless a decision is made
that it should be so?
any such decision is a meta decision
it makes sense as a strategy for action
as a principle that gives psychological security -
a sense of substance to the next move
- a basis to the next act
there is no reason for this beyond its psychological
and pragmatic value
strictly speaking there is no connection between events -
only an association of ideas - and hence to the notion
of causation
we can question this association - look for a basis
in thought - as distinct from habit - or instinct
but what is it to examine such notions? -
they do not thereby change - or disappear - or
fall apart (the fact of such is not altered in anyway)
we learn - perhaps there are no necessary relations here
and contingency - is always - on whatever level -
a connecting of dots
for what reason
only necessity - a necessity of action
to see action in itself - is to see no background -
no reason - pure novelty is the best we can say -
a novelty that is by definition - unexplained
