Agent Causation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000729",
  "term": "Agent Causation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Agent causation is the concept that only \"things\" have the power to change the world (i.e., to be causes). Agent causation requires the specification of a \"thing\" that caused the effect. For example, the brick broke the window. Modern versions of agent causation are largely limited to purposeful agents that are self-directed (teleology). The brick did not break the window; the person throwing it did. Agent causation has been largely supplanted by event causation.\n\n2. Concept that only \"things\" have the power to change the world (i.e., to be causes). Agent causation requires the specification of a \"thing\" that caused the effect. For example, the brick broke the window. Modern versions of agent causation are largely limited to purposeful agents that are self-directed (teleology). The brick did not break the window; the person throwing it did. Agent causation has been largely supplanted by event causation.",
  "subject": "Information management and systems",
  "references": [
    "CADDIS: Causal Concepts",
    "Causal Concepts"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/agent-causation/"
}