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Causation in English law — This article refers to the legal tests of remoteness, causation and foreseeability in the tort of negligence.In the English law of negligence, causation proves a direct link between the defendant’s negligence and the claimant’s loss and damage.… … Wikipedia
Correlation does not imply causation — (related to ignoring a common cause and questionable cause) is a phrase used in science and statistics to emphasize that correlation between two variables does not automatically imply that one causes the other (though correlation is necessary for … Wikipedia
Proximate cause — For the notion of proximate cause in other disciplines, see Proximate and ultimate causation. For causation in English law, see Causation in English law … Wikipedia
Breaking the chain — English Tort law Part of the common law series Negligence Duty of care Bolam test Breach of duty Causation … Wikipedia
Spurious relationship — In statistics, a spurious relationship (or, sometimes, spurious correlation or spurious regression) is a mathematical relationship in which two events or variables have no direct causal connection, yet it may be wrongly inferred that they do, due … Wikipedia
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Masturbation — Onanism redirects here. For the Biblical origin of the term onanism , see Onan. Gustav Klimt s Woman seated with thighs apart (1916) … Wikipedia
Synchronicity — is the experience of two or more events which are causally unrelated occurring together in a meaningful manner.The concept does not question, or compete with, the notion of causality. Instead, it maintains that just as events may be grouped by… … Wikipedia
Lex Aquilia — The lex Aquilia was a Roman law which provided compensation to the owners of property injured by someone s fault. Contents 1 The provisions of the Lex Aquilia 2 Extension of the Lex Aquilia to other cases 3 See also … Wikipedia
Congressional stagnation in the United States — Congressional stagnation is an American political theory that attempts to explain the high rate of incumbency re election to the United States House of Representatives. In recent years this rate has been well over 90 per cent, with rarely more… … Wikipedia
Hume on human understanding — David Hume on human understanding Anne Jaap Jacobson David Hume’s A Treatise of Human Nature1 was published before he was 30 years old. It is often said to be the greatest philosophical work written in English. Bold and ambitious, it is designed… … History of philosophy
