causal
[kaw-zuh l]
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Origin of causal
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Contemporary Examples
The connection between acts of “coming out” and the cultural acceptance of LGBT people has always been a causal one.
"The causal effects estimated in Meier et al. are likely to be overestimates and the true effect could be zero," Rogeberg wrote.
But as Justice Ginsberg pointed out in dissent, their causal nexus is so thin as to be basically nonexistent.
It is also important to contextualize how many cases of autism could be accounted for if a causal link to SSRI proved true.
More importantly, he suggests a causal mechanism—he interprets the past.
Historical Examples
The causal retribution is in the thing and is seen by the soul.
Essays, First SeriesRalph Waldo Emerson
He is a beholder of ideas and an utterer of the necessary and causal.
Essays, Second SeriesRalph Waldo Emerson
Seen from a causal point of view, however, there is no miracle in it at all.
PsychotherapyHugo Mnsterberg
Causal effects are sought in a sphere which belongs to purposive values.
PsychotherapyHugo Mnsterberg
He works with moral means; the physician, with causal means.
PsychotherapyHugo Mnsterberg
causal
- acting as or being a cause
- stating, involving, or implying a causethe causal part of the argument
- philosophy (of a theory) explaining a phenomenon or analysing a concept in terms of some causal relation
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Word Origin and History for causal
adj.
1530s, from Latin causalis "relating to a cause," from causa (see cause (n.)).
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