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causalityIn philosophy, a consideration of the connection between cause and effect, usually referred to as the ‘causal relationship’. If an event is assumed to have a cause, two important questions arise: what is the relationship between cause and effect, and must it follow that every event is caused? The Scottish philosopher David Hume considered these questions to be, in principle, unanswerable. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Models based on causal relationships can provide a sound basis for business decisions, but models based on mere correlations are dangerous. Dubner, because it questions things like causal relationships that most of us take for granted. The causal relationships fall into 3 basic categories. |
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