Marcellesi, Alexandre (2012) Is race a cause? In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Advocates of the counterfactual approach to causal inference argue that race is not a cause, and this despite the fact that it is commonly treated as such by scientists in many disciplines. I object that their argument is unsound because two of its premises are false. I also sketch an argument to the effect that racial discrimination cannot be explained unless one assumes race to be a cause.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Marcellesi, Alexandre amarcellesi@ucsd.edu
Keywords:	race, causation, causal inference, counterfactuals, Holland, Rubin
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Economics Specific Sciences > Sociology
Depositing User:	Mr. Alexandre Marcellesi
Date Deposited:	07 Jan 2013 02:26
Last Modified:	07 Jan 2013 02:26
Item ID:	9508
Subjects:	General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Economics Specific Sciences > Sociology
Date:	3 November 2012
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9508

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