nounfemininepl: causalidades
causalidade
1. The relationship between cause and effect; the principle that every event or thing has a cause
The study of causality is fundamental to understanding physics.
O estudo da causalidade é fundamental para entender a física.
2. In philosophy, the principle that one thing causes another; the quality of being causal
Philosophers debate whether causality is deterministic or probabilistic.
Filósofos debatem se a causalidade é determinística ou probabilística.
3. In statistics and research, the relationship showing that one variable directly influences another
Researchers must establish causality, not just correlation, in their experiments.
Pesquisadores devem estabelecer causalidade, não apenas correlação, em seus experimentos.
The concept of causality is central to Western philosophical and scientific traditions. In Brazil and Portugal, 'causalidade' is primarily used in academic, philosophical, and scientific discourse. The term reflects Enlightenment thinking and is fundamental to how both Brazilian and Portuguese speakers approach reasoning about cause-and-effect relationships in formal education and research.
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