"And therefore we shall investigate, by the aid of deduction,

"因此我们应该在演绎法的指引下研究
how one of the two terms has produced the other one." Right?

两个术语中的一个如何造成了另一个"
Today we would say, what Durkheim is suggesting,

今天我们会说涂尔干所表明的是
if you want to establish real causality,

如果你想建立真正的因果关系
short of the possibility of an experimental method,

无法使用实验方法
you have to figure out what is the causal mechanism,

你必须搞清楚因果关系的机制是什么
what relates the two phenomena together,

是什么将两种在统计学上有关的现象
which are statistically correlated to each other.

联系在一起的
Statistical correlation does not necessarily show

统计相关性不一定表明
that they are--one is causing the other one. Right?

它们中的一个现象会引起另一个现象
You have a theory that the stork brings the baby,

你的理论是想说鹳鸟能带来婴儿
and then you test this,

然后你测试这个理论