Reverse causal reasoning

Catlett, N.L., Bargnesi, A.J., lingerer, S., et al. 2013. Reverse causal reasoning applying qualitative causal knowledge to the interpretation of high-throughput data. BMC Bioinf. 14 340. 

In accident analysis the law of causality, or rather the law of reverse causality, reigns supreme. Where the law of causality states that every cause has an effect, the reverse law states that every effect has a cause. Although this is reasonable in the sense that it is psychologically unacceptable if events happen by themselves, it is not a defensible position in practice. Furthermore,... 

Another approach is a reverse look at adverse events. It assumes there were reasons why adverse events did or did not occur. It is a causal perspective and envisions that one can act to prevent adverse events. 

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