To account for the causal efficacy of an immaterial mind, Elisabeth suggests that Descartes can articulate either the account of causation proper to mind-body interaction or the substantial nature of the mind such that existing accounts could explain its actions.
But even when change in human behavior is directly observed, without proper experimental design causation cannot be inferred.
A proper notion of backward causation requires a static account of time in the sense that there is no objective becoming, no coming into being such that future events exist on the par with present and past events.
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.
The right way of causation is non-deviant causation.
She cautioned, however, that "it is not proper to set up evolutionary and social causation as opposites," adding, "You have to think about how they work together".
It is tempting again to look to her view on occasional causation to shed light on her view of the proper roles for females and males.
Final and efficient causation does not figure in mathematical demonstrations, but in any proper demonstration, Grosseteste thinks, the conclusion will not merely assign a predicate that belongs universally to its subject, but one that is commensurately universal with it.
A more concerted effort is needed for scaling-up the distribution of ITNs, improving the knowledge of the community about the link between malaria and mosquitoes, causation of malaria and its preventive methods particularly on the proper utilization of ITNs.
The proper reading of the 14th amendment, according to Justice Scalia, requires proof of "intent and causation and not merely the existence of racial disparity".
