Stergiou, Chrysovalantis (2015) Explaining Correlations by Partitions. Foundations of Physics.
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In this paper two accounts of Reichenbachian common cause systems are compared. Examples are provided which show that Hofer-Szabó and Rédei (Int J Theor Phys 43:1819–1826, 2004) account and Hofer-Szabó et al. (The principle of the common cause, 2013) account is compatible, with but not equivalent, to Mazzola’s (Found Phys 42:512–523, 2012). Moreover, the difference of the two accounts with respect to their explanatory adequacy is discussed, in the light of Salmon’s statistical-relevance approach to statistical explanation.
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Keywords: | Causation; Principle of the Common cause; Probabilistic Causation; Reichenbachian Common Cause Systems | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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Depositing User: | Chrysovalantis Stergiou | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2015 16:49 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2015 16:49 | ||||||
Item ID: | 11693 | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Foundations of Physics | ||||||
Publisher: | Springer US | ||||||
Official URL: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10701-01... | ||||||
DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1007/s10701-015-9945-y | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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Date: | 12 August 2015 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11693 |
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