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causal Definition

causal (-əl)

adjective

  1. of a cause or causes
  2. being or involving a cause
  3. relating to cause and effect
  4. expressing a cause or reason

Etymology: ME causel < LL causalis

noun

a word expressing a cause, as since, therefore, for

causal Related Forms

caus·ally adverb

causal Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • attribution: Factors of interest The study of spontaneously made causal attributions during an open-ended interview with seriously mentally ill patients.
  • determinism: We also argue that a potent direct challenge to moral responsibility from causal determinism does not succeed.
  • inference: The debate on causal inferences is a bit more difficult.
  • reasoning: Combining social concepts: the role of causal reasoning.
  • explanation: In the second, he offers causal explanations for what he is considering.
  • antecedent: EITHER What causal antecedents does an intentional action have to have?

Modifying Another Word

  • also: These theories provide not only descriptions of, but also causal explanations for, the behavior of moving objects.
  • not: As such, it is not causal in the mechanistic sense; nonetheless, it exhibits a kind of causality.
  • necessarily: It is important to note, however, that these positive associations are not necessarily causal.
  • directly: For I believe God is not the cause of evil, or cause of good in that directly causal sense.
  • genuinely: Yet we have still not directly attributed welfare reform to identifiable subjects in a genuinely causal explanation.
  • somehow: Further, it is the originator on its own that is somehow causal, as distinct from a set of items including the originator.

Preposition: in

character: Indeed, contemporary physics tells us the actual world abounds with probabilistic processes that are causal in character.

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