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Causal Variable Choice, Interventions, And Pragmatism, Zili Dong
Causal Variable Choice, Interventions, And Pragmatism, Zili Dong
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The past century has witnessed numerous methodological innovations in probabilistic and statistical methods of causal inference (e.g., the graphical modelling and the potential outcomes frameworks, as introduced in Chapter 1). These innovations have not only enhanced the methodologies by which scientists across diverse domains make causal inference, but they have also made a profound impact on the way philosophers think about causation. The philosophical issues discussed in this thesis are stimulated and inspired by these methodological innovations.
Chapter 2 addresses the question of how the holding of screening-off conditions for a causal model depends on the choice of variables. As …