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2017 | OriginalPaper | Hoofdstuk

6. Etiology and causality

Auteurs : L. M. Bouter, G. A. Zielhuis, M. P. A. Zeegers

Uitgeverij: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum

Abstract

What does it mean if we say that A is the cause of B? The simplest idea of causality is that we mean that B always follows A, but there are two reasons why this cannot be correct. First, a causal relationship need not be perfect: smoking is a cause of lung cancer, but not all smokers get lung cancer. Secondly, even a perfect association is not enough to be regarded as causality: every time the cock crows the sun rises, but this does not of course mean that the cock’s crowing causes the sun to rise.

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Titel: Etiology and causality
Auteurs: L. M. Bouter
G. A. Zielhuis
M. P. A. Zeegers
Uitgeverij: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-368-1741-7_6

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