Glymour, Clark (2026) The Price Equation and Causal Interpretation: Comments on Okasha–Otsuka (2020). [Preprint]

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Abstract

It is argued that recent work by Okasha and Otsuka on causal interpretations of Price’s equation motivates regarding it as applying to causal structures whose effects cannot be estimated because of latent common causes, and then ignores that feature on grounds of “simplicity,” that it introduces an ill-warranted counterfactual account, and that a causal account is given better by partial derivatives of the right hand side of the equation.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Glymour, Clark cg09@andrew.cmu.edu
Keywords:	Price equation, causality, selection, biology
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory
Depositing User:	www xyz
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2026 07:33
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2026 07:33
Item ID:	30189
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory
Date:	15 June 2026
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/30189

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