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Temporality

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-027790

1. Causes precede their effects. A particularly cogent explanation of the concept is provided by Renton (1993): "A cause is unable to produce its effect before it exists itself and is therefore, by definition, existentially prior to it." Synonyms include time order and antecedence.

2. Causes precede their effects. A particularly cogent explanation of the concept is provided by Renton (1993): "A cause is unable to produce its effect before it exists itself and is therefore, by definition, existentially prior to it."

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-027790
FieldEnvironment
SubjectInformation management and systems
ReferencesCADDIS: Causal Concepts; Causal Concepts
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027790",
  "term": "Temporality",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Causes precede their effects. A particularly cogent explanation of the concept is provided by Renton (1993): \"A cause is unable to produce its effect before it exists itself and is therefore, by definition, existentially prior to it.\" Synonyms include time order and antecedence.\n\n2. Causes precede their effects. A particularly cogent explanation of the concept is provided by Renton (1993): \"A cause is unable to produce its effect before it exists itself and is therefore, by definition, existentially prior to it.\"",
  "subject": "Information management and systems",
  "references": [
    "CADDIS: Causal Concepts",
    "Causal Concepts"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/temporality/"
}

Record 27,790 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.