causality
Why things happen
Causality is the relationship between cause and effect—the principle that events occur because of preceding events.
In philosophy and science, causality addresses how and why things happen: The study examined causality between smoking and lung cancer.
Establishing causality requires showing that one thing actually produces another, not merely that they occur together.
Correlation does not imply causality.
Point of connection
- chainLinked segments forming length
- relationshipConnection between entities
- nexusConnecting central point
- webInterwoven filament structure
network · interconnection · pathway · mechanism · sequence · dependency · antecedent · precondition
Philosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- counterfactualContrary-to-fact supposition
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
reasoning · explanation · agency · free-will · teleology · regularity
Final result of events
- resultWhat follows a cause
- effectResult of a cause
- aftermathResults following an event
- repercussionIndirect result of action
ramification · impact · fallout · corollary · upshot · product · byproduct · side-effect
Predetermined course of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- inevitabilityQuality of being unavoidable
predetermination · foreordination · necessity · providence · kismet · karma · preordainment · mechanism
Statistical relationship measure
- regressionReturn to former state
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
- variableProne to fluctuation
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
significance · confounding · spurious · observational · randomization · intervention · granger · instrumental
link
Point of connection
- chainLinked segments forming length
- relationshipConnection between entities
- nexusConnecting central point
web · network · interconnection · pathway · mechanism · sequence · dependency · antecedent · precondition · trigger
metaphysics
Philosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- counterfactualContrary-to-fact supposition
inference · reasoning · explanation · agency · free-will · teleology · regularity
outcome
Final result of events
repercussion · ramification · impact · fallout · corollary · upshot · product · byproduct · side-effect · sequela
fate
Predetermined course of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
inevitability · predetermination · foreordination · necessity · providence · kismet · karma · preordainment · mechanism
correlation
Statistical relationship measure
- regressionReturn to former state
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
- variableProne to fluctuation
experiment · significance · confounding · spurious · observational · randomization · intervention · granger · instrumental · covariance
- Dependent Originationpratityasamutpada, ignorance, formations, consciousness, six senses
- abstract conceptsparadox, emotions, justice, truth, beauty
- abstractionsidea, concept, abstraction, thought, meaning
- metaphysicsessence, being, reality, existence, substance theory
- philosophyethics, logic, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology
- Philosophy & Scienceepistemology, empiricism, rationalism, scientific method, metaphysics
causalitycoincidence
Unplanned matching of events
randomness · chance · non-causality · correlation · accident
causalityindeterminism
Doctrine allowing genuine randomness
randomness · non-determinism · indeterminacy · free will · spontaneity
causalityeffect
Result of a cause
consequence · result · outcome · aftermath · aftereffect
- causality loopSelf-perpetuating temporal cycle
cause, excuse, because, accuse, caused, accusation, causes, causing, causation