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Are causal analysis and system analysis compatible approaches?

Federica Russo

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 24 (1):67 – 90 (2010)

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(1 other version)Models for Prediction, Explanation and Control: Recursive Bayesian Networks.Lorenzo Casini, Phyllis Illari, Frederica Russo & Jon Williamson - 2011 - Theoria 26 (1):5-33.details The Recursive Bayesian Net formalism was originally developed for modelling nested causal relationships. In this paper we argue that the formalism can also be applied to modelling the hierarchical structure of mechanisms. The resulting network contains quantitative information about probabilities, as well as qualitative information about mechanistic structure and causal relations. Since information about probabilities, mechanisms and causal relations is vital for prediction, explanation and control respectively, an RBN can be applied to all these tasks. We show in particular how (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 20 citations
Functions and Mechanisms in Structural-Modelling Explanations.Guillaume Wunsch, Michel Mouchart & Federica Russo - 2014 - Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 45 (1):187-208.details One way social scientists explain phenomena is by building structural models. These models are explanatory insofar as they manage to perform a recursive decomposition on an initial multivariate probability distribution, which can be interpreted as a mechanism. Explanations in social sciences share important aspects that have been highlighted in the mechanisms literature. Notably, spelling out the functioning the mechanism gives it explanatory power. Thus social scientists should choose the variables to include in the model on the basis of their function (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 2 citations
Approaches to Operational Art Revisited : Theoretical and Practical Implications of Methodology.Erdeniz Robert - unknowndetails U.S. doctrines have introduced a third approach within Operational Art, called the design approach, which has evoked military professional and academic debate as well as influenced NATO doctrines. Allied Joint Doctrine for Operational-level Planning states that a Force Commander should choose one out of three approaches when conducting Operational Art and conducting operational planning: a traditional, a systemic or a design approach. The difference between the causalist- and the systemic- approach concerns the clash between reductionism and holism, but the difference (...) Download Export citation Bookmark

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