Dong, Zili (2022) Well-Defined Interventions and Causal Variable Choice. [Preprint]

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Abstract

There has been much debate among scientists and philosophers about what it means for (hypothetical) interventions invoked in causal inference to be “well-defined” and how considerations of this sort should constrain the choice of causal variables. In this paper, I propose that an intervention is well-defined just in case the effect of interest is well-defined, and that the intervention can serve as a suitable means to identify that effect. Based on this proposal, I identify several types of ambiguous intervention. Implications for variable choice are discussed using case studies drawn from the sciences.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Dong, Zili zdong67@uwo.ca
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation
Depositing User:	Mr. Zili Dong
Date Deposited:	15 Dec 2022 13:45
Last Modified:	15 Dec 2022 13:45
Item ID:	21557
Official URL:	https://doi.org/10.1017/psa.2022.88
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation
Date:	24 October 2022
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21557

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