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The philosophical concept of causality, the principles of causes, or causation, the working of causes, refers to the set of all particular "causal" or "cause-and-effect" relations. A neutral definition is notoriously hard to provide since every aspect of causation has received substantial debate. Most generally, causation is a relationship that holds between events, objects, variables, or states of affairs. Causality presumes that all those things must have at least one cause, factor, or reason. It is also usually presumed that the cause chronologically precedes the effect. Finally, the existence of a causal relationship generally suggests that - all other things being equal - if the cause occurs the effect will as well (or at least the probability of the effect occurring will increase).
In natural languages, causal relationships can be expressed by the following causative expressions: i) a set of causative verbs make, create, do, effect, produce, occasion, perform, determine, influence; construct, compose, constitute; provoke, motivate, force, facilitate, induce, get, stimulate; begin, commence, initiate, institute, originate, start; prevent, keep, restrain, preclude, forbid, stop, cease; ii) a set of causative names agent, author, creator, designer, former, originator; antecedent, causality, causation, condition, fountain, occasion, origin, power, precedent, reason, source, spring; reason, grounds, motive, need, impulse; iii) a set of effective names creation, development, effect, end, event, fruit, impact, influence, issue, outcome, outgrowth, product, result, upshot. Causality is the centerpiece of the universe and so the main subject of ontology; for comprehending the nature, meaning, kinds, varieties, and ordering of cause and effect amounts to knowing the beginnings and endings of things, to uncovering the implicit mechanisms of world dynamics, or to having the fundamental scientific knowledge.
Causation in the history of Western philosophy
Aristotle
In Metaphysics and Posterior Analytics, Aristotle stated: "All causes of things are beginnings; that we have scientific knowledge when we know the cause; that to know a thing's existence is to know the reason why it is". With this, he set the guidelines for all the subsequent causal theories by specifying the number, nature, principles, elements, varieties, order of causes as well as the modes of causation. Aristotle's account of the causes of things may be qualified as the most comprehensive model up to now. More on [ Causality ]
Hmmm... I'm hungry. Must try not to negate the effects of my "Get Right For The Summer" Workout.
Abstract24 (Abstract Pringle) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:39:18 -0000
Hmmm... I'm hungry. Must try not to negate the effects of my "Get Right For The Summer" Workout.
H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccines Side Effects! http://bit.ly/1u1JOU -- 2UBy Hyuge
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H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccines Side Effects! http://bit.ly/1u1JOU -- 2UBy Hyuge
A Christmas Carol in 3D is worth watching. Special Effects were out of this world
steveborn1 (Stephen Born) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:35:48 -0000
A Christmas Carol in 3D is worth watching. Special Effects were out of this world
Modeling the Effects of Mitigating Apple Maggot Spread into Apple ... http://bit.ly/lWj9P
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Modeling the Effects of Mitigating Apple Maggot Spread into Apple ... http://bit.ly/lWj9P
RT @txvoodoo: Now Christopher Smith (R-NJ) is lying about abortion effects. Flat out lies/Gotta love NJ! :(
carlabond (Carla Bond) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:35:13 -0000
RT @txvoodoo: Now Christopher Smith (R-NJ) is lying about abortion effects. Flat out lies/Gotta love NJ! :(
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Border Hospitals on the Brink by Haley Nolde - Article on rural US hospitals near the Mexican border that are coping with the health needs of illegal immigrants.
Meta Description: [ The INS crackdown along the Mexico-US border is driving thousands of would-be illegal immigrants to cross in remote desert areas, where the harsh conditions send many to nearby US hospitals. But the government won't pay for their care, saddling already strapped rural hospitals with billions of do... ]
English waning in Big Apple - Reports that nearly half of residents of New York City speak a language other than English when at home with their families.
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