Editing Causality (section)

=== Derivation theories ===
Nobel laureate [[Herbert A. Simon]] and philosopher [[Nicholas Rescher]]<ref name="SimRes">{{cite journal | last1 = Simon | first1 = Herbert | last2 = Rescher | first2 = Nicholas | year = 1966 | title = Cause and Counterfactual | journal = Philosophy of Science | volume = 33 | issue = 4| pages = 323–340 | doi=10.1086/288105| s2cid = 224834481 }}</ref> claim that the asymmetry of the causal relation is unrelated to the asymmetry of any mode of implication that contraposes. Rather, a causal relation is not a relation between values of variables, but a function of one variable (the cause) on to another (the effect). So, given a system of equations, and a set of variables appearing in these equations, we can introduce an asymmetric relation among individual equations and variables that corresponds perfectly to our commonsense notion of a causal ordering. The system of equations must have certain properties, most importantly, if some values are chosen arbitrarily, the remaining values will be determined uniquely through a path of serial discovery that is perfectly causal. They postulate the inherent serialization of such a system of equations may correctly capture causation in all empirical fields, including physics and economics.