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Specific Causation

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-026326

1. The concept of causation applies to specific events, not to general categories. That is, the cause of each event is unique.

2. The concept that causal analysis for specific events must be different from analysis of general causes. Synonyms for specific causation include singular causation, actual causation, case causation, single-event causation and token-level causation.

3. Concept of causation applies to specific events, not to general categories. That is, the cause of each event is unique.

4. Concept that causal analysis for specific events must be different from analysis of general causes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-026326
FieldEnvironment
SubjectInformation management and systems
ReferencesCADDIS: Causal Concepts; Causal Concepts
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-026326",
  "term": "Specific Causation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The concept of causation applies to specific events, not to general categories. That is, the cause of each event is unique.\n\n2. The concept that causal analysis for specific events must be different from analysis of general causes. Synonyms for specific causation include singular causation, actual causation, case causation, single-event causation and token-level causation.\n\n3. Concept of causation applies to specific events, not to general categories. That is, the cause of each event is unique.\n\n4. Concept that causal analysis for specific events must be different from analysis of general causes.",
  "subject": "Information management and systems",
  "references": [
    "CADDIS: Causal Concepts",
    "Causal Concepts"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/specific-causation/"
}

Record 26,326 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.