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The concept of [[causality]] forms an important thread that runs throughout [[Lacan]]'s entire work.
It first appears in the context of the question of the [[cause]] of [[psychosis]], which is a central concern of [[Lacan]]'s doctoral thesis <ref>Lacan{{L}} ''De la psychose paranoiaque dans ses rapports avec la personalité''. Paris: Seuil, 19321975.</ref>.
[[Lacan]] returns to this question in 1946, where the [[cause]] of [[madness]] becomes the very essence of all psychical [[causality]].
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[[Lacan]] returns to the [[subject]] of [[causality]] in his 1965-6 [[seminar]], where he distinguishes between [[magic]], [[religion]], [[science]] and [[psychoanalysis]] on the basis to their relationship to [[truth]] as [[cause]].<ref>Lacan, 1965a{{Ec}} p.855-77</ref>
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