Causal and reflection categories are post-hoc rationalizations of an underlying two-term operation

Evidence

Once some such notion of cultural unity has been acquired, however, the two essential elements of the sociological operation—work and background—begin to interact in dialectical and indeed almost chemical fashion, and this fact of sheer interrelationship is prior to any of the conceptual categories, such as causality, reflection, or analogy, subsequently evolved to explain it. Such categories may therefore be seen as the various logical permutations or combinations of the initial model, or as the alternating visual possibilities of the Gestalt into which it is organized: the attempts of the mind, after the fact, to account for its ability to subsume two such disparate terms within the framework of a single thought. — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 36

Categorization

• XREF: Directly anticipates Jameson’s famous ‘The Political Unconscious’ notion of mediation; also connects to Adorno’s rejection of reflection-theory. — connects to: A pre-established harmony between windowless monads creates the semblance of causal interaction. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2129; Structuralism introduced a new kind of non-reflective causality between social and mental categories.; Return migrants rationalize departure through multiple overlapping justifications — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in…, 742 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Structuralism introduced a new kind of non-reflective causality between social and mental categories. #corroborates (0.82)
• A pre-established harmony between windowless monads creates the semblance of causal interaction. #exemplifies (0.78) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2129
• Return migrants rationalize departure through multiple overlapping justifications #exemplifies (0.73) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 742