The consequences of a process are not the same as how they are generated

Evidence

In such discussions the meaning of ‘interest’ is not in much doubt. I shall amplify this point since it is so easy to conflate the consequences of a dynamic process with the way in which those consequences are generated. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 247

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• DEFINE: Establishes the teleological conflation — mechanism vs. consequence — that recurs across the chapter’s treatment of selfish genes.