causationn.

/kɔːˈzeɪʃən/

Etymology: < Latin causātiōn-em excuse, pretext, used in medieval Latin in sense ‘action of causing’, < medieval Latin causāre. Compare French causation.

a. The action of causing; production of an effect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > causing

purchase1490

occasionc1515

occasioning1547

educing1592

inducing1626

causation1646

causing1651

induction1660

evocation1775

eductiona1806

educement1839

superinduction1842

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. xi Ascribing effects thereunto [to the stars] of independent causations .

1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iii. i. 47 Albertus Magnus..says..it [Astrology] teaches us to consider the Causation of Causes, in the Causes of things.

c1790 T. Reid Let. in Wks. I. 76/1 The thing most essential to causation in its proper meaning—to wit, efficiency—is wanting.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 293 It sometimes happens that we are punished for our faults by incidents, in the causation of which these faults had no share.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) I. i. 1 The causation of any particular movement or the origin of any particular measure.

b. The operation of causal energy; the relation of cause and effect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > causation

consequency1548

consecution1615

causality1642

antecedence1649

consequence1656

causation1739

1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. i. 28 Cousins in the fourth degree are connected by causation.

1812 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (ed. 2) I. i. iii. 23 To detect..some latent chain of causation.

1831 R. Blakey Ess. Good & Evil 198 All that we know of physical causation is, that one thing precedes another in a regular order of sequence.

1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 37 A man..looks like a piece of luck, but is a piece of causation.

1883 A. Barratt Physical Metempiric 85 The broad relation..between noumena and their phenomena, seems most reasonably conceived as one of Efficient Causation, not the mere sequence of phenomena which we call physical causation.

2. An excuse. (Latin causatio; ? not English.)

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Causation, an excuse, essoyning or pretence.

1662 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words (ed. 2) Causation (Lat.), an excusing, or alleadging of a cause.

Derivatives

cauˈsationism n. the theory or principle of universal causation.

cauˈsationist n. one who believes in this theory or principle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > causationism > [noun] > adherent of

aetiologist1799

causationist1847

1847 R. W. Emerson Montaigne in Wks. (1906) I. 345 We are natural conservers and causationists, and reject a sour dumpish unbelief.

1860 R. W. Emerson Power in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 48 All successful men have agreed in one thing,—they were causationists. They believed that things went not by luck, but by law.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	causation
释义	causationn. /kɔːˈzeɪʃən/ Etymology: < Latin causātiōn-em excuse, pretext, used in medieval Latin in sense ‘action of causing’, < medieval Latin causāre. Compare French causation. 1. a. The action of causing; production of an effect. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > causing purchase1490 occasionc1515 occasioning1547 educing1592 inducing1626 causation1646 causing1651 induction1660 evocation1775 eductiona1806 educement1839 superinduction1842 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. xi Ascribing effects thereunto [to the stars] of independent causations . View more context for this quotation 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iii. i. 47 Albertus Magnus..says..it [Astrology] teaches us to consider the Causation of Causes, in the Causes of things. c1790 T. Reid Let. in Wks. I. 76/1 The thing most essential to causation in its proper meaning—to wit, efficiency—is wanting. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 293 It sometimes happens that we are punished for our faults by incidents, in the causation of which these faults had no share. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) I. i. 1 The causation of any particular movement or the origin of any particular measure. b. The operation of causal energy; the relation of cause and effect. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > causation consequency1548 consecution1615 causality1642 antecedence1649 consequence1656 causation1739 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. i. 28 Cousins in the fourth degree are connected by causation. 1812 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (ed. 2) I. i. iii. 23 To detect..some latent chain of causation. 1831 R. Blakey Ess. Good & Evil 198 All that we know of physical causation is, that one thing precedes another in a regular order of sequence. 1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 37 A man..looks like a piece of luck, but is a piece of causation. 1883 A. Barratt Physical Metempiric 85 The broad relation..between noumena and their phenomena, seems most reasonably conceived as one of Efficient Causation, not the mere sequence of phenomena which we call physical causation. 2. An excuse. (Latin causatio; ? not English.) ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Causation, an excuse, essoyning or pretence. 1662 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words (ed. 2) Causation (Lat.), an excusing, or alleadging of a cause. Derivatives cauˈsationism n. the theory or principle of universal causation. cauˈsationist n. one who believes in this theory or principle. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > causationism > [noun] > adherent of aetiologist1799 causationist1847 1847 R. W. Emerson Montaigne in Wks. (1906) I. 345 We are natural conservers and causationists, and reject a sour dumpish unbelief. 1860 R. W. Emerson Power in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 48 All successful men have agreed in one thing,—they were causationists. They believed that things went not by luck, but by law. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1646
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