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<entry id="2223695" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2517460</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>究極要因</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>きゅうきょくよういん</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="2517450">至近要因</xref>
<field>&phil;</field>
<field>&biol;</field>
<gloss>ultimate cause (in contrast to a proximate cause)</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2009-08-24 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-03-03 16:12:15" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>The ultimate point of this edit is "please don't learn/use this if you don't know exactly what it is".

old xref appeared to be unrelated.

究極要因	657
至近要因	495</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>"Is the evolutionalist approach valid for studies of animal psychology?"
by Goto and Ushitani (2008)
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/janip/advpub/0/advpub_58.2.6/_pdf/-char/ja

(can cross-reference the english and japanese introductions to verify terminology)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximate_and_ultimate_causation

https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%A9%B6%E6%A5%B5%E8%A6%81%E5%9B%A0-1524077#:~:text=%E3%81%8F%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%84%E3%82%93-,ultimate%20factor,%E7%BE%A4%E3%81%AE%E3%81%93%E3%81%A8%E3%82%92%E3%81%84%E3%81%86%E3%80%82</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
-&lt;xref type="see" seq="2513910"&gt;目的因&lt;/xref&gt;
-&lt;xref type="see" seq="2513910"&gt;目的因&lt;/xref&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;final cause&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="2517450"&gt;至近要因・しきんよういん&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;field&gt;&amp;biol;&lt;/field&gt;
+&lt;field&gt;&amp;phil;&lt;/field&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;ultimate cause (vs. proximate cause)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-03-05 00:03:25" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,2 +12,3 @@
-&lt;xref type="see" seq="2517450"&gt;至近要因・しきんよういん&lt;/xref&gt;
-&lt;xref type="see" seq="2517450"&gt;至近要因・しきんよういん&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="2517450"&gt;至近要因&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="2517450"&gt;至近要因&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;field&gt;&amp;phil;&lt;/field&gt;
@@ -15,2 +16 @@
-&lt;field&gt;&amp;phil;&lt;/field&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;ultimate cause (vs. proximate cause)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;ultimate cause (in contrast to a proximate cause)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>



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