title: Fluid convection, constraint and causation.
abstract: Complexity-nonlinear dynamics for my purposes in this essay-is rich with metaphysical and epistemological implications but is receiving sustained philosophical analysis only recently. I will explore some of the subtleties of causation and constraint in Rayleigh-Bénard convection as an example of a complex phenomenon, and extract some lessons for further philosophical reflection on top-down constraint and causation particularly with respect to causal foundationalism.
authors: Department of Physics ,  Wheaton College ,  Wheaton, IL 60189 ,  USA.
authors: Robert C
authors: RC
authors: Bishop
keywords: causation; contextual emergence; fluid dynamics; reduction
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