Phenomenal trace refers to accounting for isolated phenomenal characteristics by compositional and causal priors, either as: retrospective deconstruction (to determine phenomenal origin), or; projection (to define or explore potential)

Biological cells evolve.

We commonly consider cellular evolution in terms of evolution by natural selection.

  1. Biology and evolution by natural selection are both dependant upon prior circumstances

"—1. how might we explain evolution by natural selection in pre-biological terms?"

  1. Immediate ancestral phenomenal scope is (mapped by) chemistry

“—2. how might we explain evolution by natural selection in terms of chemistry?”*

  1. Prior ancestral phenomenal scope is (mapped by) physics

"—3. how might we explain evolution by natural selection in terms of physics?"

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  1. "—and before that?" ↩︎