Causation
41Probabilistic causation — designates a group of philosophical theories that aim to characterize the relationship between cause and effect using the tools of probability theory. The central idea behind these theories is that causes raise the probabilities of their effects …
42chain of causation — chain of causation: the causal connection between an original cause and its subsequent effects esp. as a basis for criminal or civil liability intervening acts of third parties will not break the chain of causation Brownell v. Figel, 950 F.2d… …
43Concurrent Causation — An insurance theory stating that if loss or damages occur as a result of more than one cause, one of which is covered (insured) while the other is not, the damages are likely to still be compensated for by the insurer. This theory has been a… …
44Triadic reciprocal causation — is a term introduced by Albert Bandura [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=rU9MRvYIh5YC pg=PA473 lpg=PA473 dq=triadic+reciprocal+causation source=web ots=W1H85MGefi sig=DbAABuTNweBRbLSL6jQ15Pk7bAA Psychology: An International Perspective By… …
45general causation — Proof that a product is capable of causing the type of damage in question. Related links causation Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010 …
46The Role of the Church in the Causation, Treatment and Prevention of the Crisis in the Priesthood — The Role of the Church in the Causation, Treatment and Prevention of the Crisis in the Priesthood, a report submitted to the Synod of Bishops in Rome in 1971, by Dr Conrad Baars, a Dutch born Catholic psychiatrist from Minnesota, and based on a… …
47agent-causation — A presumed special category of causation whereby agents initiate sequences of events when they act, without the initiation being itself causally determined. See determinism, free will, libertarianism ( …
48backward causation — The common notion of one event causing another naturally inclines us to think of the cause as earlier and the effect as later. It is, however, unclear why the causal order must in this way comply with the temporal order. The possibility of a… …
49mnemic causation — (Gk., mnēmē, memory) The causal relation existing between an earlier event and a subsequent episode of remembering it. The term was used by Russell but is not current, because there may be such a relation without the causation being of a special… …
50factors in causation — priežastingumo veiksniai statusas T sritis biomedicinos mokslai apibrėžtis Ligos atsiradimo veiksniai. Jie yra skirstomi į 4 rūšis: jautrinamieji veiksniai (predisposing factors), įgalinamieji veiksniai (enabling factors), sukeliamieji veiksniai… …
