causal efficacy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcausalandefficacy
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causal
adjective
uk/ˈkɔː.zəl/us/ˈkɑː.zəl/
a relationship, link, etc. between two things in which one causes ...
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efficacy
noun[U]
uk/ˈef.ɪ.kə.si/us/ˈef.ə.kə.si/
formal
the ability, especially of a medicine or a method of achieving something, to produce the ...
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(Definition ofcausalandefficacyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcausal efficacy
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The created power in humans, however, has nocausalefficacy.
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The phenotypic level has acausalefficacyand explanatory legitimacy of its own, even if the phenotype is determined by the genotype (among other things).
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Now, the explanation of the existence of a concrete contingent being involves thecausalefficacyof another concrete being.
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They also reject a radical externalism that denies both the existence andcausalefficacyof mental entities.
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So we develop a shorthand - a belief in thecausalefficacyof our conscious thoughts.
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It goes without saying that the symbolic function of law need not go hand in hand with thecausalefficacyof law.
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An assumption of physicalism would beg the question of miracles by denying the existence and/orcausalefficacyof the supernatural - something we must surely not pre-judge in this situation.
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They say that they want to keep their notion of causation general and neutral, but obviously the account ofcausalefficacyin terms of particular grain is not philosophically uncommitted.
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This ensurescausalefficacywithout overdetermination.
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This will either invoke solely thecausalefficacyof contingent beings or it will also invoke the causal efficacy of at least one necessary being, a first cause.
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By suggesting that the actions of particular agents produced the fall (which was true) the individual level account attributes too muchcausalefficacyto those particular agents.
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What they call the ' 'program model' ' of explanation is presented to satisfy the need of ascribing causal relevance to higher-order properties even though allcausalefficacylies at lower levels.
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If it invokes thecausalefficacyof contingent beings, then a bunch of contingent beings will end up causally explaining their own existence, which is absurd.
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Rules, or laws, have nocausalefficacy; they do not in fact generate anything.
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Mental events are viewed as completely dependent on physical functions and, as such, have no independent existence orcausalefficacy; it is a mere appearance.
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Alternatively it can take the form of autonomy being denied to structure withcausalefficacyonly granted to agency ("upwards conflation").
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