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Can the cause of an identical effect be not identical in every
instance of the effect but different? |
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The truth is that cause, effect, and subject are reciprocally
predicable in the following way. |
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We may illustrate as follows. |
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If an explanation in formal terms of the inter-relation of
cause and
effect is demanded, we shall offer the following. |
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Thus, B is the cause of A's inherence in the species of D: |
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We conclude, then, that the same effect may have more than one
cause, but not in subjects specifically identical. |