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Retrocausality

Retrocausality, or backwards causation, is a concept of cause and effect in which an effect precedes its cause in time and so a later event affects an earlier one. In quantum physics, the distinction between cause and effect is not made at the most fundamental level and so time-symmetric systems can be viewed as causal or retrocausal. Philosophical…

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Retrocausality

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Triples41
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related to Philosophy · 14
Retrocausality → Aristotle's, Bhāvikāraṇavāda, Chinese Buddhist, David Hume, Fazang, Future Cause, Indian, Indian Buddhist, It, Jitāri, Philosophical, Prajñākaragupta, The, Treatise
related to Parapsychology · 9
Retrocausality → An Experiment, Dunne's, Efforts, Helmut Schmidt, His, Parapsychologist, Rhine, Such, Time
see also · 9
Retrocausality → Advanced, Archimedes' Point, Arrow, Book, Interpretation, Perception, Quantum, Time, Type
related to Macroscopic causality · 5
Retrocausality → Aspects, Even, Logical, The, This
related to Microscopic causality · 1
Retrocausality → Most

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the grandfather paradoxinstance ofcreating a logical contradiction0.80text
the pioninstance ofvia exchange of virtual mesons0.80text
precognitioninstance ofParapsychologyRetrocausality is claimed to occur in some psychic phenomena0.80text
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Retrocausalityrelated to Microscopic causalityMost0.60section
Retrocausalityrelated to ParapsychologyDunne's0.60section
Retrocausalityrelated to ParapsychologyAn Experiment0.60section
Retrocausalityrelated to ParapsychologyTime0.60section

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