Causation may refer to:
Philosophy
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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 cau ...
, a relationship that describes and analyses cause and effect
Physics
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Causality (physics)
Law
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Causation (law), a key component to establish liability in both criminal and civil law
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Proximate cause, the basis of liability in negligence in the United States
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Causation, in English law, defines the requirement for liability in negligence
Language
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Correlation does imply and equal causation", phrase used in the sciences and statistics
Sociology
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Causation (sociology), the belief that events or actions can directly produce change in another variable in a predictable and observable manner
Other uses
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Proximate causation
A proximate cause is an event which is ''closest'' to, or immediately responsible for causing, some observed result. This exists in contrast to a higher-level ultimate cause (or ''distal cause'') which is usually thought of as the "real" reason ...
, the direct reason behind an event occurring
See also
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Causality (disambiguation)
Causality is the influence that connects one process or state, the ''cause'', with another process or state, the ''effect'', where the cause is partly responsible for the effect, and the effect is partly dependent on the cause.
Causality may also ...
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Cause (disambiguation)
Cause may refer to:
Relationships between events
* Causalities
* Cause and effect, a relationship between one event and another
Law
* Cause, a lawsuit
* Just cause (employment law)
* Probable cause
* Show cause
Other uses
* Cause, such as a ...
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