causality
causality
Definition
cau·sal·ity (kô zal′i tē)
noun pl. causalities -·ties
- causal quality or agency
- the interrelation of cause and effect
- the principle that nothing can exist or happen without a cause
causality
Law Definition
n
The relationship between an
action or event and the effect that it produces. Also called causation.
causality
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- reason: The causality of reason in the intelligible character does not arise or start working at a certain time in producing an effect.
Converse of object
- imply: Mr Dikes implies that universal causality ( or randomness ) - ie, materialism - equates with coercion.
- attribute: To attribute causality to religion, recourse to qualitative research is necessary.
- prove: There may be evidence of both phenomena, but that doesnt prove causality as an organization such as yours should know only too well.
- establish: The most rigorous method of establishing causality is the randomized controlled trial.
- assess: The report had also suggested that cohort studies were needed to assess causality.
- regard: These results should be treated cautiously as the data does not allow for conclusions to be made regarding causality.
Preposition: at
- work: Its existence would mean that there is a perfect moral causality at work in the world.
Adjective modifier
- implicit: This change allowed us to isolate the implicit causality of the verb itself from the contribution of the connective.
- linear: Thus, linear causality is the bedrock of technology and social contracts.
- circular: They can be said to operate by circular causality without agency.
- efficient: The use of dia can again denote efficient causality.
- physical: Like Berkeley, Brunton does not consider personal relationships, free will, or physical causality.
Modifies a noun
- test: This would imply that empirical causality tests of monetary policy on inflation could be very misleading.
- cannot: Unfortunately, causality cannot be established with such techniques.
- information: The time course of the influence of implicit causality information: Focusing versus integration accounts.
- '.: This form of causality emphasizes moral effects, so I also call it'moral causality '. b ).
- relationship: The causality relationship has to be independent of the balls.
- vii: Be required to dedication its authors causality vii plot the caption reads.
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