A Philosophical Analysis of the Doctrine of Cause and Effect

Abstract

The purpose of many studies has been to investigate the causes of a particular outcome. In such a context, knowledge of the meaning of the term 'causes' and its scope is particularly important. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to investigate a cause-effect classification that is still not popular among scholars on cause-effect relationships. This was based on the classification of causal relationships called 24 Paccayo (condition) in Buddhist philosophy. Meanwhile, efforts have been made to use Internet references instead of sources to make it easier for others to understand. This qualitative study revealed several things. That is 1. Still not popular among academic and research community 24 Paccayo (condition) classification is a scientific classification about cause-effect relationships. 2. That there are basically 24 types of conditions that influence a particular outcome and that there is an ordered relationship between them. 3. That this classification is more appropriate for social science studies involving human behavior. 4. That the source of the causes affecting human behavior originates within itself. It was realized that this scope is very deep and an essential, scientific body of knowledge. Therefore, we suggest the scholars to study further in this regard.