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Counterfactual Causation

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-006806

1. Had C not occurred, E would not have occurred, therefore, C must be a cause of E. For example, if the water had not been anoxic, the fish kill would not have occurred. This is the opposite of regularity of association as a definition of causation. A synonym is contrary to fact conditional.

2. Had C not occurred, E would not have occurred, therefore, C must be a cause of E. For example, if the water had not been anoxic, the fish kill would not have occurred. This is the opposite of regularity of association as a definition of causation.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-006806
FieldEnvironment
SubjectInformation management and systems
ReferencesCADDIS: Causal Concepts; Causal Concepts
Record as JSON 
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  "subject": "Information management and systems",
  "references": [
    "CADDIS: Causal Concepts",
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  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/counterfactual-causation/"
}

Record 6,806 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.