Law of universal causation
- Law of universal causation
- Causation Cau*sa"tion, n.
The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect
is produced.
[1913 Webster]
The kind of causation by which vision is produced.
--Whewell.
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{Law of universal causation}, the theoretical or asserted law
that every event or phenomenon results from, or is the
sequel of, some previous event or phenomenon, which being
present, the other is certain to take place.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
2000.
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