Glossary term R

Reason-Result Relation

A reason-result relation is a causal relation in which the propositions express an event or state that brings about another event or state. The result occurs regardless of human intention or nonintention.

 

  • He was sick, so he stayed home.
  • The earth remains in orbit because it has sufficient velocity.
  1. Beekman and Callow 1974, 301
  2. Beekman, Callow, and Kopesec 1981, 102
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