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On The Algebraic Representation of Causation Giving Mathematical Form to Philosophical Decisions Part I Dr. Roy Lisker Ferment Press 8 Liberty Street#306 Middletown, CT 06457 On The Algebraic Representation of Causation Roy Lisker, PhD Ferment Press 8 Liberty Street #306 Middletown, CT 06457 rlisker@ TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I I. Introduction Page 1 II. Causal Function Algebras 5 (a) The Extrinsic Structure 6 (b) The Intrinsic Structure 11 Example I:“Every effect is a cause” 14 (i) Multi-Agents 16 (ii) Causal Chains ... 17 (iii) Feedback Loops.. 18 (iv) Vector Fields 19 Example II: Additivity 20 (i)Magnitude Algebras 21 (ii) Concatenation Algebras 22 (iii) Superposition Principles 23 Example III: StrictDeterminism 25 Example IV: Temporal Invariance 26 (c) The 3 Temporal Modes 30 Modal Predicates 31 Modal Calculi I. Possibility vs. Necessity...32 II. The Knowable, Unknowable and Unknown34 III. The Possible and Conceivable 37 (d) Appendix: Algebraic Structure of Causation in Quantum Theory: 4 Formalisms (i) Heisenberg 39 (ii) Schrodinger 41 (iii) Dirac 41 (iv) von Neumann 42 III.The Lagrange/Hamilton Paradigm (a) Unpacking the Instant 43 (b) Difficulties of Leibniz/Kant: (i) Cancellation Points 48 (ii) Singularities 52 (c) Lagrange/Hamilton in Physics: (i) Black Holes 54 (ii) The Big Bang 55 (iii) Particles 57 (d) Causal Algebras for Biology 59 (i) Life-Expectancy Function ... 60 (ii) Non-Lagrangian Character of Biological Causation 63 BIBLIOGRAPHY ffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffff On The Algebraic Representation of Causality Giving Mathematical Expression to Philosophical Decisions Roy Lisker I. Introduction It is always the case when a causal framework is introduced into the descriptions of the natural sciences that a philosophical analysis, ( sometimes a decisio