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ADEQUATE CAUSATION [2 records]

Record 1 2005-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy (General)
CONT

According to Spinoza, to act [agere] is to produce and effect of which the thing acting is the adequate cause, i.e., a cause through which the effect can be understood without reference to anything else. In other words, action is adequate causation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
CONT

[ ... ] Spinoza nous invite à distinguer entre divers régimes de causalité : adéquate ou inadéquate. Ce dont il s'agit dans la prudence politique, c'est de construire un corps commun, qui soit comme celui d'un individu capable de causalité adéquate.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Health Law
CONT

... the theory of adequate causation imports some considerations of probability [ ... ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

La causalité adéquate correspond à ou aux événements ayant un rapport logique, direct ou immédiat avec l'origine du préjudice subi.

Spanish

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