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Objectivist philosophy derives its explanations of action and causation from the axiom of identity, calling causation " the law of identity applied to action.

" According to Rand, it is entities that act, and every action is the action of an entity.

The way entities act is caused by the specific nature ( or " identity ") of those entities ; if they were different they would act differently.

As with the other axioms, an implicit understanding of causation is derived from one's primary observations of causal connections among entities even before it is verbally identified, and serves as the basis of further knowledge.