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How are conditional statements different from statements of causality?


Asked by Baker Lyons on Dec 01, 2021 FAQ



Conditional statements are not statements of causality. An important distinction is that statements of causality require the antecedent to precede or coincide with the consequent in time, whereas conditional statements do not require this temporal order.
Next,
These conditional statements result in false conclusions because they started with false hypotheses. Conditional statements begin with "If" to introduce the hypothesis. The hypothesis is the part that sets up the condition leading to a conclusion. The conclusion begins with "then," like this:
One may also ask, In general, the weakest common meaning is that ( 1 ) if the antecedent and consequent of a conditional statement are true, then the conditional as a whole is true, but ( 2 ) if the antecedent is true and the consequent is false, then the conditional as a whole is false. ?
Indeed,
The converse of a true conditional statement does not automatically produce another true statement. It might create a true statement, or it could create nonsense: If a polygon is a square, then it is also a quadrilateral. That statement is true. But the converse of that is nonsense: If a polygon is a quadrilateral, then it is also a square.
Thereof,
Causality is the relation between cause and effect, and causation either the causing of something or the relation between cause and effect. What follows here is an account of the fundamental relation or connection between an effect, say the windshield wipers starting to work in this car, and what precedes it.