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186How Occam's razor provides a neat definition of direct causationIn J. M. Mooij, D. Janzing, J. Peters, T. Claassen & A. Hyttinen (eds.), Proceedings of the UAI Workshop Causal Inference: Learning and Prediction, Ceur-ws. pp. 1-10. 2014.In this paper we show that the application of Occam’s razor to the theory of causal Bayes nets gives us a neat definition of direct causation. In particular we show that Occam’s razor implies Woodward’s (2003) definition of direct causation, provided suitable intervention variables exist and the causal Markov condition (CMC) is satisfied. We also show how Occam’s razor can account for direct causal relationships Woodward style when only stochastic intervention variables are available.
Alexander Gebharter
Marche Polytechnic University
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Marche Polytechnic UniversityAssociate Professor
Ancona, Marche, Italy
Areas of Specialization
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| General Philosophy of Science |
| Epistemology, Misc |
| Formal Epistemology, Misc |
| Metaphysics |
| Philosophy of Mind |
| Causation |
| Causal Modeling |
| Causal Reasoning, Misc |
PhilPapers Editorships
| Causal Reasoning |
| Causal Modeling |
| Causal Reasoning, Misc |