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Definition:
To talk about "cause and effect" is to talk about events which exist in a
"causal relationship" - that is to say, some event B was caused by some
other event A.
But what exactly does it mean to say that "A caused B," and how to we determine this? Such questions are common problems in philosophy, with much disagreement over just what cause and effect are supposed to be.
Currently, there is some general agreement that we can state "A caused B" if we can also say "Without event A, then event B never would have happened." This is an example of a counterfactual statement.
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