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1. Causation

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   Causation refers to the relationship between an event (cause)/) (the cause) and a second event (effect)/) (the effect), where the second event is understood to be a consequence of the first. The analysis of causation has been central to metaphysics, epistemology, and the development of the natural sciences since antiquity. In general usage, causation implies a mechanism or necessary link that transforms the prior state into the subsequent s…