Causation

Causation may refer to:

Philosophy

  • Causality, a relationship that describes and analyses cause and effect

Physics

Law

  • Causation (law), a key component to establish liability in both criminal and civil law
  • Proximate cause, the basis of liability in negligence in the United States
  • Causation, in English law, defines the requirement for liability in negligence

Language

Sociology

  • Causation (sociology), the belief that events or actions can directly produce change in another variable in a predictable and observable manner

Other uses

See also

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