A new proposal how to handle counterexamples to Markov causation à la Cartwright, or: fixing the chemical factory

DOI10.1007/S11229-018-02014-7MaRDI QIDQ2054143zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Alexander Gebharter, Nina Retzlaff

Publication date 1 December 2021

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-02014-7

zbMATH Keywords

Cartwrightcausal modelingcausationMarkov conditionscreening off

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10) Probability and inductive logic (03B48) Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01)

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