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Causal Models, Token Causation, and Processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Peter Menzies
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Abstract

Judea Pearl (2000) has recently advanced a theory of token causation using his structural equations approach. This paper examines some counterexamples to Pearl's theory, and argues that the theory can be modified in a natural way to overcome them.

Type
Causation and Bayesian Networks
Information
Philosophy of Science , Volume 71 , Issue 5: Proceedings of the 2002 Biennial Meeting of The Philosophy of Science Association. Part II: Symposia Papers , December 2004 , pp. 820 - 832
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Copyright © 2004 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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