Woodward, James (2019) Causal Complexity, Conditional Independence and Downward Causation. [Preprint]

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Abstract

This paper defends the notion of downward causation, relating it to a notion of conditional independence. Appeals to downward causation are viewed as a strategy for dealing with causal complexity

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Woodward, James jfw@pitt.edu
Additional Information:	This paper is forthcoming in PSA 2018.
Keywords:	Downward causation, Conditional Causal Independence
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation
Depositing User:	Jim Woodward
Date Deposited:	29 Dec 2019 05:23
Last Modified:	29 Dec 2019 05:23
Item ID:	16762
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation
Date:	28 December 2019
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16762

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