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The disagreement with regard to the validity of the principle of causality, existing to-day among scientists, has its roots in the diversity of definitions of the principle itself rather than in a problematic scientific situation.1 As far as the formulation of quantum theory is complete its bearing upon philosophical questions can be fixed with precision provided the questions are phrased intelligibly. But a question is intelligible from a scientific point of view only if it satisfies two conditions: (1) the meaning of its terms must be fixed; (2) it must be in accord with the conventions of the science to which the question is put.
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© 1978 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland
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Margenau, H. (1978). Meaning and Scientific Status of Causality. In: Physics and Philosophy: Selected Essays. Episteme, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9845-2_3
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