Causality may be seen as a genetic connection of phenomena through which one thing (The Cause) gives rise to causes or cause of another or something else (The Effect). Causality also differs from various kinds of connection.
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causality is universal. Nowhere in the world can there be any phenomena that do not give rise to certain consequences and have not been caused by other phenomena. causality occurs when people develop the belief that there is a causal connection between two events that are actually unrelated.
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The term "Cause" necessitates that one thing precedes another. But you may be asking whether "Causes and effects" are just illusions or coincidences.
C "causes" & E "effects".
if and only if C increases the probability of E in every situation which is otherwise causally homogeneous with respect to E.
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switching to mind-dependent reality,you might want to consider using the term "entailment" which can be seeb as more general than "causation"
Now for empirical facts, it seems obvious that causality requires a time flow for the concept to make sense.
A causes B implies that A happened before B.
Is it ever possible to have a causal relationship without the flow of time? Presumably,this is impossible for empirical facts as an effect preceding the cause goes against the laws of physics.
But what about relations of ideas? is it possible to have a causal relationship between two ideas? the thing is colloquially we often speak of ideas having causal relationships. NOTE
