Книга: Mumford Stephen «Causation»
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Серия: "A Very Short Introduction" Causation is the most fundamental connection in the universe. Without it, there would be no science or technology. There would be no moral responsibility either, as none of our thoughts would be connected with our actions and none of our actions with any consequences. Nor would we have a system of law because blame resides only in someone having caused injury or damage. Any intervention we make in the world around us is premised on there being causal connections that are, to a degree, predictable. It is causation that is at the basis of prediction and also explanation. This Very Short Introduction introduces the key theories of causation and also the surrounding debates and controversies. Do causes produce their effects by guaranteeing them? Do causes have to precede their effects? Can causation be reduced to the forces of physics? And are we right to think of causation as one single thing at all? Издательство: "Oxford University Press" (2013)
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Causation — Cau*sa tion, n. The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced. [1913 Webster] The kind of causation by which vision is produced. Whewell. [1913 Webster] {Law of universal causation}, the theoretical or asserted law… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
causation — ● causation nom féminin Vieux. Action de causer quelque chose, d être la cause d un fait. causation [kozɑsjɔ̃] n. f. ÉTYM. 1829, Victor Cousin; de 1. causer. ❖ ♦ Didact. (philos.). Rapport entre cause et effet; pouvoir d agir en tant que cause … Encyclopédie Universelle
Causation — (v. lat.), 1) Vorwand, Entschuldigung; 2) Veranlassung; daher Causator, Veranlasser, Urheber; Causatīv, 1) ursächlich, veranlassend; 2) (Causativus casus), io p. w. Accusativus. Ein Causativum ist ein abgeleitetes Verbum, welches die Veranlassung … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
causation — (n.) 1640s, from L. causationem excuse, pretext, in M.L. action of causing, from causa (see CAUSE (Cf. cause)) … Etymology dictionary
