{"id":4757,"date":"2021-10-18T11:33:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T09:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/?p=4757"},"modified":"2025-04-21T14:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T12:32:07","slug":"cause-to-effect-argumentation-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/cause-to-effect-argumentation-e\/","title":{"rendered":"Cause To Effect Argumentation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Argument from CAUSE TO EFFECT<\/span><\/h1>\n

Causal argumentation claims the existence of a causal link.
\nArgumentation from effect to cause, or argumentation by the consequences, assumes the existence of a causal link and concludes from an effect to a cause.<\/p>\n

Argumentation from cause to effect<\/em> assumes the existence of a causal law (a cause-effect relationship<\/a>). The actual occurrence of the cause is materialized by the necessary occurrence of the effect. Argument:<\/p>\n

There is a state of affairs c<\/strong>. This state of affairs c<\/strong> falls into the category of facts C<\/strong>.<\/span>
\nCause- Effect Rule: There is a known causal law linking state of affairs C<\/strong> to state of affairs E<\/strong>.<\/span>
\nConclusion: C<\/strong> will \/ must have an effect e<\/strong>, of type E<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The argumentation from cause allows prediction<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

This bridge is made of metal.<\/span>
\nWhen heated, this metal expands by a certain coefficient.<\/span>
\nIn summer the bridge will expand by such and such amount.<\/span><\/p>\n

The argumentation from cause to effect can be refuted by showing that the causal relation it presupposes is poorly constructed, see Causal argument<\/p>\n

Pragmatic argument<\/strong><\/p>\n

This preceding argument from cause to effect can be supplemented by a pragmatic argument<\/a>.
\nStep (3) of a pragmatic argument<\/a> consists in an argument from a cause to an (hypothetical) effect, an evaluation of this effect, followed by step (4) consisting in an argument from this effect to a cause:<\/p>\n

Such dilatation can have dangerous consequences: Expansion can twist metal.<\/p>\n

Precautions must therefore be taken:<\/p>\n

Adequate expansion space must be provided for the bridge deck.<\/p>\n

Argument from the existence of a motive for action<\/a> to the action proper<\/strong>
\nThe argument from motive to action mirrors the argument from cause to effect:<\/p>\n

He had the desire and the ability to do it, he found the opportunity: so, he did it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Argument from CAUSE TO EFFECT Causal argumentation claims the existence of a causal link. Argumentation from effect to cause, or argumentation by the consequences, assumes the existence of a causal link and concludes from an effect to a cause. Argumentation from cause to effect assumes the existence of a causal law (a cause-effect relationship). The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4757"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14080,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757\/revisions\/14080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}