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Indeterministic Causality and Simpson's Paradox

Gillies, Donald (2018) Indeterministic Causality and Simpson's Paradox. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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This paper argues for a claim made by Maria Carla Galavotti that the use of indeterministic causality involves one in Simpson's paradox. It is shown specifically that a consideration of Hesslow's well-known counter-example leads to Simpson's paradox.


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Gillies, Donalddonald.gillies@ucl.ac.uk
Keywords: Indeterministic Causality, Hesslow Counter-example, Simpson's Paradox
Subjects: General Issues > Causation
Depositing User: Prof Donald Gillies
Date Deposited: 26 Sep 2018 23:05
Last Modified: 26 Sep 2018 23:05
Item ID: 15062
Subjects: General Issues > Causation
Date: 9 June 2018
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15062

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