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== Causality ==
== Causality ==
===Direct Causes===
* study or understanding of why things happen ''or not''
=== Proximate Causes ===
* causality can be complex and misleading
===Indirect Causes===
** students may evaluate causes, agents, and events for historical comprehension
=== Ultimate Causes ===
* see section on agents, triggers & catalysts
===Agency===
* below for terms associated with causality
===Motives===
* >> todo: "The cat died last night"
===Connections===
 
===Comparison===
=== Correlation v. causation ===
===Correlation v. Causation ===
* correlation = associated events, generally at or around the same time
===Necessary v. Sufficient Causes===
** correlation does not mean causality
*** ex.,
 
=== Types of causes ===
 
==== Direct cause ====
* the closest cause to an event
* the cause that triggers an event
 
==== Indirect cause ====
 
==== Long term cause ====
* similar to a "ultimate cause," but encompassing other causes more closely related to an event or condition
 
==== Proximate cause ====
* similar to short or near term cause but
** generally indicates a more direct or "sufficient cause"
 
==== Short or near term cause ====
* similar to "direct cause," but encompassing other causes more closely related to an event or condition
* synonymous with "proximate cause"
 
==== Ultimate cause ====
* similar to long term cause, but indicates a "necessary cause"
 
=== Agency, catalysts & triggers ===
* = things that contribute to, facilitate, or make or things happen (or not)
 
==== Agent / agency ====
* active causes for events (or non-events)
** generally deliberate
* "agent" = someone who makes something happen, such as:
** "travel agents" make travel happen, "secret agents" make secrets/spying happen
 
===== Catalysts ====
* similar to an agent but may not be deliberate
** more like a condition that creates or facilitates change
* think of use of "catalyst" in science: an element that causes a reaction
 
==== Trigger ====
* a specific event or condition that directly causes something to happen
* associated with "direct cause"
* not necessarily deliberate
** such as, the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by Serbian nationalists triggered World War I"
 
=== Necessary v. sufficient causes ===
==== necessary cause ====
* = something that must happen in order for an event or outcome to happen...
** '''but''' the event or outcome did not have to happen because of that necessary cause
** in other words, ''a necessary cause does not alone make an event or outcome happen''
*** ''but the necessary cause '''must be present''' for that event or outcome to happen''
** a necessary cause may exist but that does not mean the event or outcome had to happen
==== sufficient cause ====
* = something without which an event or outcome would not have happened
** in other words, the event does not happen without the ''sufficient cause''
 
 
>> to do: chart of necessary v. sufficient causes
 
=== Other causality terminology  ===
====Connection ====
=== Mono-causality v. multi-causality ===
* mono-causality = a single or dominant cause (simple)
* multi-causality = multiple causes (complex)
====Motive====
 


to do:
to do:
* short term cause
>> add comparison?  (was there before)
* long term cause
* mono-causality/ multi-causality


==Contingency==
==Contingency==