A Proposed Probabilistic Extension of the Halpern and Pearl Definition of ‘Actual Cause’
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 68 (4):1061-1164 (2017)
Abstract
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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Causality.Pearl, Judea
Making Things Happen: A Theory of Causal Explanation.Woodward, James
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