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Full Idea
The usual logical properties of the causal relation are asymmetry (one-way), transitivity and irreflexivity (no self-causing).
Gist of Idea
The logical properties of causation are asymmetry, transitivity and irreflexivity
Source
Robin Le Poidevin (Travels in Four Dimensions [2003], 05 'Great')
Book Ref
Le Poidevin,Robin: 'Travels in Four Dimensions' [OUP 2003], p.87
A Reaction
If two balls rebound off each other, that is only asymmetric if we split the action into two parts, which may be a fiction. Does a bomb cause its own destruction?