cauze

Cauze is the plural noun in Romanian that translates to causes in English. It refers to the reasons, origins, or determinants behind events, conditions, or outcomes. The singular form is cauza, which can also mean reason, motive, or a legal case. The term derives from Latin causa.

In philosophy and science, cauze denote the factors that bring about effects. The study of causation includes notions such as necessary and sufficient causes, causal chains, and probabilistic causation. In medicine, cauze describe etiologies—the origins of diseases—and may be single or multifactorial. In law and everyday speech, a cauza can refer to the causal link that connects actions to consequences, such as liability in civil cases or explanations of events.

There are important distinctions: a cause is not the same as a correlation, and one event may have multiple concurrent causes. Conversely, eliminating a cause does not always remove an effect, due to complex causal networks. The concept of causality is central to research, problem solving, and policy making.

See also: causalitate, etiologie, cauză, causa juridică, cause-effect, correlation vs causation.