Definitions for cause and effect
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1. cause and effect

   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. Cause and Effect

   "Cause and Effect" is the 118th episode of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The 18th episode of the fifth season.

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1. cause and effect

   A known cause with a known effect.

   There is always a known cause and known effect when we require to analyze a specific phenomena.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 19, 2021  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cause and effect in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cause and effect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of cause and effect in a Sentence

1. Nancy Cook:

   That means it cannot determine cause and effect, the meta-analyses that the authors cite are also mainly based on observational data. On the other hand, large observational studies sometimes are able to detect effects in some groups or for more rare outcomes that trials are not empowered to see, so these studies are still valuable.

2. James Hansen:

   I would like to draw three main conclusions, number one, the Earth is warmer in 1988 than at any time in the history of instrumental measurements. Number two, the global warming is now large enough that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a cause and effect relationship to the greenhouse effect. And number three, our computer climate simulations indicate that the greenhouse effect is already large enough to begin to affect the probability of extreme events such as summer heat waves.

3. Thomas Troward:

   It is an enduring truth, which can never be altered, that every infraction of the Law of nature must carry its punitive consequences with it. We can never get beyond that range of cause and effect.

4. Julie Ward:

   Even though the findings were very interesting they don't prove cause and effect.

5. Kristen Knutson:

   It's a cross-sectional study, so we can't say anything about cause and effect or what came first, the mood disorder or the circadian disruption, and it's likely they affect each other in a circular fashion.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cause_and_Effect
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cause and effect