Sentence examples for modern causation from inspiring English sources

The medieval synthesis Thomas Aquinas (1224 74) forged between Christian theology and Aristotle's science and metaphysics set the terms for the early modern causation debate.

The early modern causation debate revolved around a family of "nearly synonymous" key ideas, the most prominent of which were the ideas of power and necessary connection.

The modern accident causation chain adds education and management factors as the root cause, such as Wigglesworth's education model (Fu 2013) and Bird's (1974) accident causation model.

Not all scholars have regarded Aristotle's efficient cause as obviously continuous with a recognizably modern notion of causation, and so not all regard it as an uncontroversial instance of causation.

Before the rise of modern science the causation of all complex physical phenomena was very poorly understood, and hence appeals to nonmaterial agencies (ghosts, sorcerers, demons, mythological beings) took the place of a causal, scientific explanation.

Early modern thinking about causation began with a rejection of final and formal causes.

Theories of the emotions played a role – often a pivotal one – in the important early modern debates about causation and the proper forms of explanation.

Skirting such historical questions, however, we turn now to Descartes, who, for better or worse, set the agenda for modern discussions of mental causation.

The information provided to potential participants presented the study as an investigation of the relation of features of modern lifestyle to the causation of leukaemia; it did not specify mobile phone use as the main exposure of interest, mentioning this only as one of the several subjects that would be covered.

Much of what is incorporated in the scientific method (the nature of knowledge, evidence, experience, and causation) and some modern attitudes towards the relationship between science and religion were developed by his proteges David Hume and Adam Smith.

One of the central themes of early modern philosophy is the reconceptualization of causation.