# Causal Reasoning

> Reasoning about which events must precede others based on their causal relationships.

Record: `lexicon:causal-reasoning`
Kind: activity
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-causal-reasoning

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [User-Visible Ordering Guarantees](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/user-visible-ordering-guarantees.md) and before [Ordering Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/ordering-semantics.md).

## Category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## Reinforced by

- [Happens-Before Relationship](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/happens-before-relationship.md)

## Linked from

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)