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Causation depends on Time. Activate to inspect this relation.Causation applies to Greenhouse effect. Activate to inspect this relation.Causation requires Mechanism. Activate to inspect this relation.Confounding variable causes Correlation. Activate to inspect this relation.Correlation is commonly confused with Causation. Activate to inspect this relation.Free Will and Determinism depends on Causation. Activate to inspect this relation.Probability measures Correlation. Activate to inspect this relation.Regression analysis models Correlation. Activate to inspect this relation.Risk is analogous to Correlation. Activate to inspect this relation.CausationCorrelationGreenhouse effectMechanismTimeFree Will and DeterminismConfounding variableProbabilityRegression analysisRisk
Relationship types

4 concepts viewed through this lens. Bridge concepts connect this view to Atmospheric Science, Biology, Biostatistics, Criminal Justice….

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  • Arrow points from cause / source to effect / target
  • A line with no arrow is a two-way relationship
  • Node colour marks the concept’s primary discipline
10 concepts9 relationships21 disciplines5 relation families

At a glance

A genuine relationship where changing one thing changes another.

Disciplines
Philosophy of Science · Statistics · Medicine · History · Epistemology · Metaphysics
Role in the graph
Cross-disciplinary bridge — reaches Atmospheric Science, Biology, Data Science, Geography, Physics, Probability
Relationships
5 · 2 relation families
Mental models
1

What am I looking at?

In this lens (4)

Bridge concepts (11)

Just outside the lens — they connect it to other context.

  • Experiment2
    Biology, History of Science, Philosophy of Science, Physics · connects to Evidence, Hypothesis
  • Confounding variable1
    Epidemiology, Probability, Psychology, Statistics · connects to Correlation
  • Due process1
    Criminal Justice, Criminology, Law · connects to Evidence
  • Free Will and Determinism1
    Metaphysics · connects to Causation
  • Greenhouse effect1
    Atmospheric Science, Geography, Physics · connects to Causation

Insights from this view

Structural observations about the concepts shown here — descriptions of this graph, not claims about the world.

  • This view connects 21 disciplines: Atmospheric Science, Biology, Biostatistics, Data Science, Econometrics, Economics, Epidemiology, Epistemology, Ethics, Finance, Geography, History, Mathematics, Medicine, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Probability, Psychology, Public Policy, Statistics.
  • Causation is a bridge concept — viewed here through Epistemology, History, Medicine, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Statistics.
  • The connections here span 5 relation families.
  • Causality explains 5 concepts in this view (Biology, Biostatistics, Data Science, Econometrics, Epidemiology, Epistemology, History, Mathematics, Medicine, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Probability, Psychology, Statistics).

Relationships as a list

The focused concept’s relationships. Pick another concept in the graph above to update this list.

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A lens is a deterministic projection of the graph. Pick a discipline, thinking pattern or journey to reframe the whole view.

By discipline

ChemistryBiologyPhysicsMathematicsComputer ScienceGeologyMineralogyEconomics

By thinking pattern

Bayesian updatingCause and effectCompoundingConservationConstraintsDefense in depthDiffusion & spreadEmergenceEnergy transformationEntropy & irreversibilityEquilibriumFeedback loopIncentivesInformationLevels & hierarchyModularityNetworksOptimizationOscillationProbabilityRecursion & self-similarityScaleSignal vs noiseSource–pathway–receptorStocks and flowsSymmetry & invarianceThresholds & tipping pointsTrade-offsTriangulationVariation & selectionWaves

By journey

From a Leaf to the ClimateWhy Music Moves UsHow Machines LearnReasoning about a Leaf and the Climate

Concept collections

Concept collections are curated lenses onto the fabric — themed sets of ideas that recur across disciplines. They are not journeys; they are a way to read the graph.

About this view

What this is

Start from one concept and expand outward. The view never shows everything at once — click a node to refocus, filter by relationship type, or switch to an accessible list.

One fabric

3750 concepts and 5051 typed relations form one connected component — no isolated silo.

How to read it

Focus a concept, or apply a lens (discipline, mental model, journey) to see only the threads that matter.