Now, this is--actually also illustrates the difference between proximate and ultimate causation.
现在,这实际上也说明了近因和究竟因之间的区别。
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And what this fails to do is make a distinction between ultimate causation and proximate causation.
它未能区分最终因果关系和近因因果关系。
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But what he's capturing is the logic, the ultimate causation of our feelings towards our kin.
但他捕捉到的是我们对亲人的感情逻辑, 最终的原因。
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And those are technical terms referring to--Ultimate causation is the reason why something is there in the first place, over millions of years of history.
这些是技术术语,指的是——终极因果关系是某物在数百万年的历史中最初存在的原因。
英语百科
Proximate and ultimate causation
(重定向自Ultimate causation)
A proximate cause is an event which is closest to, or immediately responsible for causing, some observed result. This exists in contrast to a higher-level ultimate cause (or distal cause) which is usually thought of as the "real" reason something occurred.