Causation may refer to:
Philosophy Causality, a relationship that describes and analyses cause and effect
Physics Causality (physics)
Law Causation (law), a key component to establish liability in both criminal and civil law Proximate cause, the basis of liability in negligence in the United States Causation in English law, defines the requirement for liability in negligence
Language "Correlation does not imply causation", phrase used in the sciences and statistics
Sociology Causation (sociology), the belief that events or actions can directly produce change in another variable in a predictable and observable manner
Other uses Proximate causation, the direct reason behind an event occurring
See also
Causality (disambiguation) Cause (disambiguation)
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