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Interactive Causes: Revising the Markov Condition

Schurz, Gerhard (2016) Interactive Causes: Revising the Markov Condition. [Preprint]

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This paper suggests a revision of the theory of causal nets (TCN). In Section 1 we introduce an axiomatization of TCN based on a realistic understanding. It is shown that the causal Markov condition entails three independent principles. In Section 2 we analyze inde-terministic decay as the major counterexample to one of these principles: screening-off by common causes (SCC). We call (SCC)-violating common causes interactive causes. In Sec-tion 3 we develop a revised version of TCN, called TCN*, which accounts for interactive causes. It is shown that there are interactive causal models that admit of no faithful non-interactive reconstruction.


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Item Type: Preprint
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Schurz, Gerhard
Additional Information: Accepted for publication in Philosophy of Science on Sept 13th, 2016.
Keywords: Markov condition, interactive causes, indeterministic decay
Subjects: General Issues > Causation
General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism
Depositing User: Gerhard Schurz
Date Deposited: 07 Nov 2016 14:35
Last Modified: 07 Nov 2016 14:35
Item ID: 12604
Subjects: General Issues > Causation
General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism
Date: 13 September 2016
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12604

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