# Causation

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{{Wiktionary|causation}}'''Causation''' may refer to:

== Philosophy ==
* [Causality](/source/Causality), a relationship that describes and analyses cause and effect

== Physics ==
* [Causality (physics)](/source/Causality_(physics))

== Law ==
* [Causation (law)](/source/Causation_(law)), a key component to establish liability in both criminal and civil law
* [Proximate cause](/source/Proximate_causation), the basis of liability in negligence in the United States
* [Causation in English law](/source/Causation_in_English_law), defines the requirement for liability in negligence

== Language ==
* "[Correlation does not imply causation](/source/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation)", phrase used in the sciences and statistics

== Sociology ==
* [Causation (sociology)](/source/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](/source/Proximate_causation), the direct reason behind an event occurring

== See also ==

* [Causality (disambiguation)](/source/Causality_(disambiguation))
* [Cause (disambiguation)](/source/Cause_(disambiguation))
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[fr:Causalité](/source/fr%3ACausalit%C3%A9)

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