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Originally Posted by hcap
You said Ok, I will accept that. However, genes are the cause that initiates growth. Genes are within all orgasms. Evolution prunes and selects genes naturally, thru natural selection, while it is happening. That "pruning" takes place over millions of generations. Altering the genetic material.
The genes that regulate an insects growth regulates the transformation of a
caterpillar into a butterfly.
Therefore evolution is in the genes. I don't see your problem.
Yo have to do better.
There is no "rule" or principle that says causes must be in their effects, or effects must be in their causes.
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If one accepts the principle of sufficient reason (intelligible world) and the principle of causation (act/potency) then what's being attempted here is the principle of proportionate causation. But it must be separated into formal (the effect shares the same nature as the cause--man causes a man, tiger causes a tiger), eminent (the effect is significantly different than cause (caterpillar/butterfly), or virtual (a painter [or brush?] causes a painting).
