LessonsThe Unifying Relation: Rational, Estimative and Imaginative LinksQuiz

«أَوْ تَضَايُفٌ»
Or a reciprocal relational connection.

Pairs such as father and son or cause and effect are conceived through mutual reference: fatherhood is relative to a child, and an effect is understood in relation to a cause.

This is an intelligible conceptual relation, hence a rational link. A pair of words often mentioned together in ordinary conversation is not automatically an instance of technical correlation.

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Correlation as a relational pair

The Unifying Relation: Rational, Estimative and Imaginative Links

«أَوْ تَضَايُفٌ»
Or a reciprocal relational connection.

Pairs such as father and son or cause and effect are conceived through mutual reference: fatherhood is relative to a child, and an effect is understood in relation to a cause.

This is an intelligible conceptual relation, hence a rational link. A pair of words often mentioned together in ordinary conversation is not automatically an instance of technical correlation.