law of causality

Japanese: law of causality(英語表記)lawofcausality
law of causality

...To say that "whenever an event of type A occurs, an event of type B also occurs" is to assert a law. This type of law is generally called the "law of causality." Therefore, Hume used the "law of causality" instead of "force" to explain causal relationships.

*Some explanations of terms that refer to "law of causality" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ここに〈事象Aのタイプの事象が起こればつねにそれに伴って事象Bのタイプの事象も起こる〉ということは,そこに一つの法則を主張することである。この種の法則は一般に〈因果法則law of causality〉といわれる。したがってヒュームは,因果関係を説明するのに,〈力〉に代えて〈因果法則〉をもってした,というわけである。…

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