The understanding of human beings to causal relations has defects
which limts the rationaity and avail-ability of policy thinking. In China
the thinking defection is partly due to formal logic
especially
the theoryabout medus ponens. The theory about modus ponens in the traditional formal logic separates the relation ofcondition and result into four types: full conditions
essential conditions
full and essential condtions
andhidden condition. As a true system of causal relations takes shape
which separates causes into four types
such as full causes
essential causes
full and essential causes
and hidden causes. The traditional typology ofcausal relations loses partial causes
which may partly lead to a lot of different meanings
confusion and lacksof thought
discussion and policy. The author brings out a new system of typology of causal relations
whichseparates causes into five types as follows: full causes
essential causes
full and essential causes
partialcauses
and hidden causes. The next investigation is to expound and prove its completeness
which consists ofinclusion and alternative
and count the probability of all the kinds of causal relations. The author holds thatthe goal is to build more ecientific poicy - thinking mode. As the formal logic traditionally doesn’ t regardcausal relations or policy - thinking mode as major object of study
the paper doesn’ t belong to the category offormal logic. The author tries to pass through thinking methods
formal loglc
scientific methedology
policyscience and all the positive subjects related to causal judgment.