Causation

(n.) The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.

爱德华整理

• These three relations are identity, the situations in time and place, and causation. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The idea, then, of causation must be derived from some relation among objects; and that relation we must now endeavour to discover. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Shall we then rest contented with these two relations of contiguity and succession, as affording a complete idea of causation? 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• For as like effects imply like causes, we must always ascribe the causation to the circumstance, wherein we discover the resemblance. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Whatever changes he endures, his several parts are still connected by the relation of causation. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• To begin regularly, we must consider the idea of causation, and see from what origin it is derived. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Can he give any definition of it, that will not be the same with that of causation? 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• It is the same case with identity and causation. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Of the three relations above-mentioned this of causation is the most extensive. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• In causing this mistake there concur both the relations of causation and resemblance. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.

校对:塞勒斯特