How to solve causality dilemmas?

[BottomlessOlive]

Many times a person is faced with a causality dilemma. Is there a general framework for solving such problems?

 

For example, if "A cannot happen unless B happens, but B cannot happen unless A happens", one possible approach to solving the problem is to guess or assume something about A, determine B, then repeat until A and B hopefully satisfy some desired outcome.

[Spyman]

Do you have any real examples of causality dilemmas that can be solved?

[Avalanche2001]

Life is a perfect example of this problem: life cannot be if death does not happen, but death cannot be if life does not happen. This is such with many opposites.

Edited May 20, 2015 by Avalanche2001

[Spyman]

I agree that life is needed for death to happen, but I don't see how death is needed for life to happen. Life happens before and until death, not after or on any condition that death must occur.