What does causation mean?

Definitions for causation
kɔˈzeɪ ʃəncau·sa·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. causing, causationnoun

    the act of causing something to happen

Wiktionary

  1. causationnoun

    The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Causationnoun

    The act or power of causing.

    Etymology: from causo, low Lat.

    Thus doth he sometimes delude us in the conceits of stars and meteors, besides their allowable actions, ascribing effects thereunto of independent causation. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

ChatGPT

  1. causation

    Causation, in its broadest sense, refers to the concept that an action or event can produce a certain response or effect. It involves the relationship between cause and effect, where a change in one variable (cause) leads to a change in another variable (effect). In other words, it illustrates how one event, behavior, or belief directly leads to another. The principle of causation is widely used in fields such as science, law, philosophy, and psychology.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Causationnoun

    the act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced

Wikidata

  1. Causation

    Causation is the "causal relationship between conduct and result". That is to say that causation provides a means of connecting conduct with a resulting effect, typically an injury. In criminal law, it is defined as the actus reus from which the specific injury or other effect arose and is combined with mens rea to comprise the elements of guilt. Causation is only applicable where a result has been achieved and therefore is immaterial with regard to inchoate offenses.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of causation in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of causation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of causation in a Sentence

  1. Kim Potters trialWhen:

    That's not protecting the public. That's not serving the public. They had to stop Daunte Wright, the causation was Daunte Wright.

  2. Adrian Vella:

    I think the general message always should be that association studies do not actually imply causation.

  3. Rebecca Ryan:

    There probably is reverse causation, but one of the things that some of the longitudinal research suggests is that when you look at kids over time -- so controlling for baseline rates of misbehavior -- children who are disciplined with corporal punishment versus those who are not, who have the same kinds of behavior problems, show increases in behavior problems over time in a way that children who aren't disciplined that way don't, so yes, there is probably some truth to the idea that kids who are predisposed to misbehavior for whatever reason are more likely to be spanked by parents who use that form of discipline than kids who are less likely to misbehave for whatever reason.

  4. Hunt Allcott:

    Previous research mostly looked at correlation : How much do you use Facebook and how depressed are you ? these studies show that people who use Facebook more are more depressed, but the problem is correlation doesn't create causation. We didn't know if Facebook was making people depressed or depressed people were retreating into Facebook.

  5. Stephen Dominy:

    Infectious agents have been implicated in the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease before, but the evidence of causation hasn't been convincing.

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