CAUSAL TEXTURE

n. the concept that there is a multitude of many different yet mutually-dependent events which exist in natural phenomena. Psychologists and philosophers use this term to describe the interdependencies existing among events. Introduced by Austrian psychologist Egon Brunswick and Edward C. Tolman.

CAUSAL TEXTURE: “Causal texture refers to the interdependency which exists among events and their tendency to change and develop through time.”

 

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