Huber, Franz (2013) Structural Equations and Beyond. Review of Symbolic Logic, 6 (4). pp. 709-732.
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Abstract
Recent accounts of actual causation are stated in terms of extended causal models. These extended causal models contain two elements representing two seemingly distinct modalities. The first element are structural equations which represent the “(causal) laws” or mechanisms of the model, just as ordinary causal models do. The second element are ranking functions which represent normality or typicality. The aim of this paper is to show that these two modalities can be unified. I do so by formulating two constraints under which extended causal models with their two modalities can be subsumed under so called “counterfactual models” which contain just one modality. These two constraints will be formally precise versions of Lewis’ (1979) familiar “system of weights or priorities” governing overall similarity between possible worlds.
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| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email franz.huber@utoronto.ca | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2014 14:18 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Jul 2014 14:18 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 10837 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Review of Symbolic Logic | ||||||
| Publisher: | CUP | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstra... | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics |
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| Date: | 2013 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 709-732 | ||||||
| Volume: | 6 | ||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10837 |
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