Counterlegal dependence and causation's arrows: causal models for backtrackers and counterlegals

DOI10.1007/S11229-016-1189-7zbMATH Open1417.03063OpenAlexW2518243959MaRDI QIDQ1708960FDOQ1708960

Authors: Tyrus Fisher 

Publication date: 27 March 2018

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-016-1189-7

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zbMATH Keywords

conditionalscounterfactualscausal modelsbacktracking counterfactualscounterlegal conditionals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probability and inductive logic (03B48) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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• Conditional learning through causal models
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Uses Software

• TETRAD

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