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Proximate and ultimate causation

A proximate cause is an event which is closer to (more immediately responsible for) causing some observed result. This exists in contrast to a higher-level ultimate (or distal) cause, which acts less directly through the proximate cause. In formal causal inference, the proximate cause is called a mediator.

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