Marczyk, Michal and Wronski, Leszek (2009) Only countable common cause systems exist. [Preprint]
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Abstract
In this paper we give a positive answer to a problem posed by G. Hofer-Szabo and M. Redei (2004) regarding the existence of infinite common cause systems (CCSs). An example of a countably infinite CCS is presented, as well as the proof that no CCSs of greater cardinality exist.
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Item Type: | Preprint | |||||||||
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Keywords: | common cause; probabilistic causation; common cause systems | |||||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Causation | |||||||||
Depositing User: | Leszek Wronski | |||||||||
Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2009 | |||||||||
Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:17 | |||||||||
Item ID: | 4571 | |||||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Causation | |||||||||
Date: | April 2009 | |||||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4571 |
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