Reichenbach's paradise constructing the realm of probabilstic common "causes"

Since its introduction by Hans Reichenbach, many philosophers have claimed to refute the idea - known as the common cause principle - that any surprising correlation between any two factors that do not directly influence one another is due to some common cause. For example, falsity of the principle...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Wronski, Leszek, author (author), Michalska, Anna, editor (editor), Tavares, Sara, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Warsaw, [Poland] ; Berlin, [Germany] : De Gruyter 2014
2014.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures / List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments / Introduction
  • 1 The Principle of the Common Cause: Its Shapes and Content
  • 2 Screening Off and Explanation: Formal Properties
  • 3 The Principle of the Common Cause and the Bell Inequalities
  • 4 The Principle of the Common Cause and the Causal Markov Condition
  • 5 Causal Closedness
  • 6 Causal Completability
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index