Definitions for causality
kɔˈzæl ɪ ticausal·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. causalitynoun

   the relation between causes and effects

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. causalitynoun

   The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.

2. Etymology: From as if *, from causalis, from causa; see causal.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Causalitynoun

   The agency of a cause; the quality of causing.

   Etymology: causalitas, low Latin.

   As he created all things, so is he beyond and in them all, in his very essence, as being the soul of their causalities, and the essential cause of their existences. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   By an unadvised transiliency from the effect to the remotest cause, we observe not the connection, through the interposal of more immediate causalities. Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis, c. 14.

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1. Causality

   Causality (also referred to as causation, or cause and effect) is influence by which one event, process, state, or object (a cause) contributes to the production of another event, process, state, or object (an effect) where the cause is partly responsible for the effect, and the effect is partly dependent on the cause. In general, a process has many causes, which are also said to be causal factors for it, and all lie in its past. An effect can in turn be a cause of, or causal factor for, many other effects, which all lie in its future. Some writers have held that causality is metaphysically prior to notions of time and space.Causality is an abstraction that indicates how the world progresses. As such a basic concept, it is more apt as an explanation of other concepts of progression than as something to be explained by others more basic. The concept is like those of agency and efficacy. For this reason, a leap of intuition may be needed to grasp it. Accordingly, causality is implicit in the logic and structure of ordinary language, as well as explicit in the language of scientific causal notation. In English studies of Aristotelian philosophy, the word "cause" is used as a specialized technical term, the translation of Aristotle's term αἰτία, by which Aristotle meant "explanation" or "answer to a 'why' question". Aristotle categorized the four types of answers as material, formal, efficient, and final "causes". In this case, the "cause" is the explanans for the explanandum, and failure to recognize that different kinds of "cause" are being considered can lead to futile debate. Of Aristotle's four explanatory modes, the one nearest to the concerns of the present article is the "efficient" one. David Hume, as part of his opposition to rationalism, argued that pure reason alone cannot prove the reality of efficient causality; instead, he appealed to custom and mental habit, observing that all human knowledge derives solely from experience. The topic of causality remains a staple in contemporary philosophy.

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1. causality

   Causality is a concept or principle that refers to the relationship between cause and effect. It suggests that every event, action, or state of affairs is the result or consequence of some previous event, action, or state. This principle is often used in various fields such as philosophy, science, law, and statistics to explain, predict, and understand the connections and influences among different phenomena.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Causalitynoun

   the agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect

2. Causalitynoun

   the faculty of tracing effects to their causes

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Causality

   the philosophic name for the nature of the relation between cause and effect, in regard to which there has been much diversity of opinion among philosophers.

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1. Causality

   The relating of causes to the effects they produce. Causes are termed necessary when they must always precede an effect and sufficient when they initiate or produce an effect. Any of several factors may be associated with the potential disease causation or outcome, including predisposing factors, enabling factors, precipitating factors, reinforcing factors, and risk factors.

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1. casuality

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of causality in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of causality in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of causality in a Sentence

1. Aaron David Miller:

   If Saudi Arabia kidnapped or killed Jamal Kashoggi, Saudi Arabia's on them, there's no direct causality, but the question remains, to what degree the Donald Trump administration's acquiescence to Saudi Arabia emboldened the Saudi leadership to think it can do what it likes, both in repressing dissent at home and pursuing policies abroad that frankly in my judgment... have been undermining Aaron David Miller national interests.

2. Dipender Gill:

   The statistical method used in this study, called Mendelian randomization, does not always allow causality to be inferred, for example, the genetic determinants of sleep may also affect other neuronal mechanisms that affect breast cancer risk independently of sleep patterns. In such a scenario, sleep patterns may be associated with risk of Breast Cancer, but not directly cause it.

3. Mark Zandi:

   The causality is running from inflation to wages, not from wages to inflation.

4. Kathy Trieu:

   They were controlled for in the statistical analyses, however, residual confounding can not be ruled out. The data reported are for associations, however, associations can not establish causality.

5. Claude Marcus:

   The causality is difficult to establish. It could also be an effect of stress, rather than sleep.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=causality
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Causality
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=causality
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/causality
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Causality