It embraces the account of causes in terms of fundamental principles or general laws, as the whole (i.e., macrostructure) is the cause of its parts, a relationship known as the whole-part causation.
ɪɾ ɛmbɹˈeɪsᵻz ðɪ ɐkˈaʊnt ʌv kˈɔːzᵻz ɪn tˈɜːmz ʌv fˌʌndəmˈɛntəl pɹˈɪnsɪpəlz ɔːɹ dʒˈɛnɚɹəl lˈɔːz, æz ðə hˈoʊl ˈaɪ.ˈiː., mˈækɹəstɹˌʌktʃɚ ɪz ðə kˈɔːz ʌv ɪts pˈɑːɹts, ɐ ɹᵻlˈeɪʃənʃˌɪp nˈoʊn æz ðə hˈoʊlpˈɑːɹt kɔːsˈeɪʃən.