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Probabilistic Causality

Probabilistic Causality

Eells, Ellery
Ellery, Eells

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The

PhilosophyHistory & Philosophy of ScienceProbability & Statistics

ISBN10: 0521061326
ISBN13: 9780521061322
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Apr 24 2008
Pages: 428
Weight: 1.38
Height: 0.95 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In this important first book in the series Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision Theory, Ellery Eells explores and refines current philosophical conceptions of probabilistic causality. In a probabilistic theory of causation, causes increase the probability of their effects rather than necessitate their effects in the ways traditional deterministic theories have specified. Philosophical interest in this subject arises from attempts to understand population sciences as well as indeterminism in physics. Taking into account issues involving spurious correlation, probabilistic causal interaction, disjunctive causal factors, and temporal ideas, Professor Eells advances the analysis of what it is for one factor to be a positive causal factor for another. A salient feature of the book is a new theory of token level probabilistic causation in which the evolution of the probability of a later event from an earlier event is central.

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