Probabilistic Causality

Ellery Eells (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

428 Seiten

2008
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-06132-2 (ISBN)

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In this important book, Ellery Eells explores and refines 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 theory of token level probabilistic causation in which the evolution of the probability of a later event from an earlier event is central. This will be a book of crucial significance to philosophers of science and metaphysicians; it will also prove stimulating to many economists, psychologists, and physicists.

Preface; Introduction; 1. Populations and probability; 2. Spurious correlation and probability increase; 3. Causal interaction and probability increase; 4. Causal intermediaries and transitivity; 5. Temporal priority, asymmetry, and some comparisons; 6. Token-level probabilistic causationl Appendixes; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.4.2008
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision Theory
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	648 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
ISBN-10	0-521-06132-6 / 0521061326
ISBN-13	978-0-521-06132-2 / 9780521061322
Zustand	Neuware