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

This much must be observable in all cases of causal sequence, but it is not enough for proof.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

It has much to commend it even on other grounds than that of affording the perplexed individual a means of escape from the difficulty of accounting for phenomena in terms of causal sequence.

From Theory of the Leisure Class by Veblen, Thorstein

For the practical purposes of life, a single ascertained causal sequence is of little value as a basis of inference, because we can infer only to its repetition in identical circumstances.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William