Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spiral causality

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The result was redirect to Virtuous circle and vicious circle. Actually, "redirect somewhere", but we have to pick one possibility to be able to close this. Can be editorially changed as desired, of course. Sandstein 18:24, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Spiral causality

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I don't think this is a commonly used term exclusive to neuroscience. I tried finding excerpts on Google but came up empty. Judging by the quote, I don't even think the author of the book cited intended this to be used as a technical term. I think it could be rewritten in a wholly different (broader) context but as it exists right now it's just a single quote. Bored On The Holidays (talk) 18:36, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:58, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with causal loop diagram. The topic is about a visual model of causality when there is feedback and so the articles belong together. Warden (talk) 21:20, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Bryce (talk | contribs) 15:17, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect somewhere. Google book search and Google scholar search both show that the term is used in many fields, primarily in the social sciences, and also that it is considered synonymous with the more common term "circular causality". I saw no indication that the specific use by Dehaene enjoys any level of notability, so there is no need or even reason to merge. A problem I have with taking Causal loop diagram as the redirect target is that the latter article article is really about this type of diagram, and not generally about a loop of factors in which each reinforces the next. Curiously, Causal loop redirects to Predestination paradox, an entirely different topic. Perhaps redirect to Virtuous circle and vicious circle with judicious See also's thrown in? --Lambiam 20:13, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 20:21, 9 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect somewhere. History2007 (talk) 15:17, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.