Illari, Phyllis and Lagnado, David A. and Kleinberg, Samantha (2026) Degrees of Token Causality: Understanding and Reasoning. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

Token causes in science and everyday reasoning are often described with degrees, allowing communication about how much each cause contributed to an outcome. Yet some philosophers argue that token causality does not admit of degrees. We respond to these arguments by reviewing a vast literature in psychology to argue that people think about causality in degrees, and also argue that degrees provide valuable information for science, aiding in both causal selection and prioritizing information.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Illari, Phyllis phyllis.illari@ucl.ac.uk 0000-0002-4211-3332 Lagnado, David A. Kleinberg, Samantha samantha.kleinberg@stevens.edu 0000-0001-6964-3272
Keywords:	token causality, philosophy of science, psychology
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Psychology
Depositing User:	Dr. Samantha Kleinberg
Date Deposited:	13 Jun 2026 12:42
Last Modified:	13 Jun 2026 12:42
Item ID:	30070
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Psychology
Date:	11 June 2026
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/30070

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