Woodward, James (2019) Causal Complexity, Conditional Independence and Downward Causation. [Preprint]
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Abstract
This paper defends the notion of downward causation, relating it to a notion of conditional independence. Appeals to downward causation are viewed as a strategy for dealing with causal complexity
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Item Type: | Preprint | ||||||
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Additional Information: | This paper is forthcoming in PSA 2018. | ||||||
Keywords: | Downward causation, Conditional Causal Independence | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation |
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Depositing User: | Jim Woodward | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 29 Dec 2019 05:23 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 29 Dec 2019 05:23 | ||||||
Item ID: | 16762 | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation |
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Date: | 28 December 2019 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16762 |
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