A chain of events is a number of
actions and their effects that are
contiguous and linked together that results in a particular outcome. In the
physical science
Physical science is a branch of natural science that studies non-living systems, in contrast to life science. It in turn has many branches, each referred to as a "physical science", together called the "physical sciences".
Definition
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s,
chain reaction
A chain reaction is a sequence of reactions where a reactive product or by-product causes additional reactions to take place. In a chain reaction, positive feedback leads to a self-amplifying chain of events.
Chain reactions are one way that sys ...
s are a primary example.
Determinism
''Determinism'' is the
philosophical
Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
proposition
In logic and linguistics, a proposition is the meaning of a declarative sentence. In philosophy, " meaning" is understood to be a non-linguistic entity which is shared by all sentences with the same meaning. Equivalently, a proposition is the no ...
that every event, including human cognition and behaviour, decision and action, is
causally determined by an unbroken ''chain of events''. With numerous historical debates, many philosophical positions on the subject of determinism exist from traditions throughout the world.
In value theory
In
value theory
In ethics and the social sciences, value theory involves various approaches that examine how, why, and to what degree humans value things and whether the object or subject of valuing is a person, idea, object, or anything else. Within philosophy, ...
, it is the amount of cause and effects of the chain of events before generating
intrinsic value that separates
high and low grades of instrumental value. The ''chain of events duration'' is the time it takes to reach the terminal event. In value theory this is generally the intrinsic value (also called terminal value). It is contrasted with
ethic value duration, which is the time that an object has any
value intensity
In ethics and social sciences, value denotes the degree of importance of something or action, with the aim of determining which actions are best to do or what way is best to live (normative ethics in ethics), or to describe the significance of di ...
.
Fabric of events
A ''fabric of events'' is an expansion of the ''chain of events'', emphasizing that chains of events are intertwined with each other, as a
fabric
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.
In accident analysis
In
accident analysis - for example, in the analysis of aviation accidents - a chain of events (or error chain) consists of the contributing factors leading to an undesired outcome.
See also
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Chain reaction
A chain reaction is a sequence of reactions where a reactive product or by-product causes additional reactions to take place. In a chain reaction, positive feedback leads to a self-amplifying chain of events.
Chain reactions are one way that sys ...
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Action (physics)
Determinism
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