Causality (also referred to as causation, is the
relationship between an event (the cause) and a second event (the effect),
where the second event is understood as a consequence of the first.
It is obvious that the causal event must happen before the
effect. The effect is a consequence of the cause. The cause C, is cause only if the event C is
previous to the event Effect E.
Though the causes and effects are typically related to
changes or events, candidates include objects, processes, properties,
variables, facts, and states of affairs; characterizing the causal relationship
can be the subject of much debate.
The stone C breaks the window’s crystal E.
The explosion C burns the house E.
The time-traveler jumps back 2 hundred years. This is
possible only if he, E, exists before his mother, C, was born.
If this is so, we have the absurd: The Effect precedes the
Cause. The son exists before his mother.
It’s of course impossible to imagine a world where the
effects arise before the causes.
If you believe that this is possible, think twice.