In Defense of “Lineal Causality”
- 1 December 1986
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Family Process
- Vol. 25 (4) , 513-521
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.1986.00513.x
Abstract
It has often been said that ideas about lineal and circular causality may be theoretically profound, but that the reputed impossibility of lineal causality seems to fly in the face of our experience and our common sense. The above humorous jibe at theory goes straight to the heart of the matter. Bateson's epistemology of lineal and circular causality does not describe our everyday experience. Bateson's epistemology explains our experience.Keywords
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