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The Mathematical Formula of the Causal Relationship k

2016; Volume: 6; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.17706/ijapm.2016.6.2.45-65

2010-362X

Ilija Barukčić,

Philosophy and History of Science

The deterministic relationship between cause and effect is deeply connected with our understanding of the physical sciences and their explanatory ambitions.Though progress is being made, the lack of theoretical predictions and experiments in quantum gravity makes it difficult to use empirical evidence to justify a theory of causality at quantum level in normal circumstances, i. e. by predicting the value of a well-confirmed experimental result.For a variety of reasons, the problem of the deterministic relationship between cause and effect is related to basic problems of physics as such.Despite the common belief, it is a remarkable fact that a theory of causality should be consistent with a theory of everything and is because of this linked to problems of a theory of everything.Thus far, solving the problem of causality will help us to solve the problems of the theory of everything (at quantum level).