Correctly distinguishing between correlation and causation is critical because it influences how treatments for illnesses are devised and tested. Also, in the context of the law, it ensures that as ...

Causation rests on a logic of prediction, effectuation on the logic of control. I illustrate effectuation through business examples and realistic thought experiments, examine its connections with ...

Instances of negative causation—preventions, omissions, and the like— have long created philosophical worries. In this paper, I argue that concerns about negative causation can be addressed in the ...

If scientists, social or otherwise, have stopped conflating correlation and causation so often, I’m very happy to hear it, but it’s hardly the “revolution” Conley cites.

The charge submitted to the jury in this case included an abstract instruction on concurrent causation that tracked the concurrent causation definition found in the Texas Penal Code, but the jury ...