{
  "handle": "Causation",
  "mechanism": "A relationship where manipulating one event directly forces another to occur — a directed edge in the causal graph. The definitional property is intervention-responsiveness: an external change to the cause alters the effect, which distinguishes causation from mere co-movement.",
  "gloss": "Direct force relationship",
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  "invariants": [
    "Intervention-responsive: an external change to the cause alters the effect.",
    "Directed: intervening on the effect does not alter the cause along the same edge."
  ],
  "failure_modes": [
    "Asserted without intervention: where no intervention is possible, the definitional property is claimed rather than tested.",
    "Confounded: a third variable drives both, so intervening on the named cause would not move the effect."
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