Fenton-Glynn, Luke (2015) A Proposed Probabilistic Extension of the Halpern and Pearl Definition of 'Actual Cause'. [Preprint]
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In their article 'Causes and Explanations: A Structural-Model Approach. Part I: Causes', Joseph Halpern and Judea Pearl draw upon structural equation models to develop an attractive analysis of 'actual cause'. Their analysis is designed for the case of deterministic causation. I show that their account can be naturally extended to provide an elegant treatment of probabilistic causation.
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| Additional Information: | Forthcoming in the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science | ||||||
| Keywords: | Causation; Probabilistic Causation; Probability; Structural Equation Models; Causal Graphs; Halpern; Pearl | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Luke Fenton-Glynn | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 24 Apr 2015 15:13 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2015 15:13 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 11434 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics |
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| Date: | 24 April 2015 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11434 |
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