causal sequence

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“The causal sequence is laughter triggers endorphin activation,” he said.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2011

Yet Patrick Kearney preserves with such care the causal sequence of the story that Mr. Dreiser's tragic skeleton, at least, is reproduced in true proportions.

From Time Magazine Archive

But, as we shall find, though practically valueless, a single ascertained causal sequence is of supreme value in testing scientific speculations as to the underlying causes.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

But neither of us makes any pretense that his belief is derived from a scrutiny of the causal sequence.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

The fallacy entitled Post Hoc ergo Propter Hoc—"After, therefore, Because of"—consisted in alleging mere sequence as a proof of consequence or causal sequence.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William