Richard Stern
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 306955 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Richard Stern |
| NOMBRES | Richard |
| APELLIDO | Stern |
| FIRMA | STERN R |
| AFILIACIONES | Munich School of Philosophy |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0034-1385 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1976 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Causal Direction in Causal Bayes Nets
Some authors maintain that we can use causal Bayes nets to infer whether $X \to Y$ or $X \leftarrow Y$ by consulting a probability distribution defined over some exogenous source of variation for $X$ or $Y$ . We raise a problem for this approach. Specifically, we point out that there are cases where an exogenous cause of $X$ ( ${E_x}$ ) has no probabilistic influence on $Y$ no matter the direction of causation—namely, cases where ${E_x} \to X \to…
The Chances of Choices
It is sometimes thought that if we treat decision-theoretic options as interventions, then we can use evidential decision theory to vindicate causal dominance reasoning. This is supposed to be guaranteed by a causal modeling axiom that implies that interventions are probabilistically independent of their non-effects---namely, the Causal Markov Condition. But there are two concerns for this line of reasoning. First, the Causal Markov Condition doe…
Anti-reductionist Interventionism
Kim's causal exclusion argument purports to demonstrate that the non-reductive physicalist must treat mental properties (and macro-level properties in general) as causally inert. A number of authors have attempted to resist Kim's conclusion by utilizing the conceptual resources of Woodward's (2005) interventionist conception of causation. The viability of these responses has been challenged by Gebharter (2017a), who argues that the causal exclusi…
Comparative opinion loss
It is a consequence of the theory of imprecise credences that there exist situations in which rational agents inevitably become less opinionated toward some propositions as they gather more evidence. The fact that an agent's imprecise credal state can dilate in this way is often treated as a strike against the imprecise approach to inductive inference. Here, we show that dilation is not a mere artifact of this approach by demonstrating that opini…
Causal concepts and temporal ordering
Interventionist counterfactuals and the nearness of worlds
The Similarity of Causal Structure
Whether y obtains under the counterfactual supposition that x is thought to depend on whether y obtains in the most similar world(s) in which x obtains. Graphical causal models have proved useful in developing a principled notion of similarity between worlds, but this notion is limited insofar as it does not apply to counterfactual suppositions about causal structure. Here, we explore the possibility of filling this lacuna by introducing a notion…
Causal Explanatory Power
Schupbach and Sprenger ([2011]) introduce a novel probabilistic approach to measuring the explanatory power that a given explanans exerts over a corresponding explanandum. Though we are sympathetic to their general approach, we argue that it does not (without revision) adequately capture the way in which the causal explanatory power that c exerts on e varies with background knowledge. We then amend their approach so that it does capture this vari…
In defense of interventionist solutions to exclusion
The Frugal Inference of Causal Relations
Recent approaches to causal modelling rely upon the causal Markov condition, which specifies which probability distributions are compatible with a directed acyclic graph (DAG). Further principles are required in order to choose among the large number of DAGs compatible with a given probability distribution. Here we present a principle that we call frugality. This principle tells one to choose the DAG with the fewest causal arrows. We argue that f…
Interventionist decision theory
Systems without a graphical causal representation
Bluegrass Theology
This article examines the music of two bluegrass gospel composers to assess how the theologies in their songs compare. The theo-symbolic code from John McClure’s Four Codes of Preaching provides the reader with a means for discerning the theological elements in a song, sermon, or other artifact, and how the several elements relate to one another. The article concludes that while the composers’ theologies have similarities, at a deeper level there…
Risk Response to Environmental Hazards to Health – Towards an Ecological Approach
Response to risks can be seen as an ecological process, involving a community of actors whose perceptions and actions play off each other, and whose responses help to determine the way in which risk events play out. Risk governance thus needs to take account of how the many different stakeholders caught up in the event respond to the perceived risks. The NATO‐MoD funded MERREA project was aimed at exploring these processes of risk response throug…
On how the stories changed
On a Writer's Endgame
Environmental Health for All
Some Members of the Congress
Penned In
A Poetic Exchange
Causal Explanatory Power
Schupbach and Sprenger ([2011]) introduce a novel probabilistic approach to measuring the explanatory power that a given explanans exerts over a corresponding explanandum. Though we are sympathetic to their general approach, we argue that it does not (without revision) adequately capture the way in which the causal explanatory power that c exerts on e varies with background knowledge. We then amend their approach so that it does capture this vari…
Interventionist decision theory
Anti-reductionist Interventionism
Kim's causal exclusion argument purports to demonstrate that the non-reductive physicalist must treat mental properties (and macro-level properties in general) as causally inert. A number of authors have attempted to resist Kim's conclusion by utilizing the conceptual resources of Woodward's (2005) interventionist conception of causation. The viability of these responses has been challenged by Gebharter (2017a), who argues that the causal exclusi…
In defense of interventionist solutions to exclusion
The Frugal Inference of Causal Relations
Recent approaches to causal modelling rely upon the causal Markov condition, which specifies which probability distributions are compatible with a directed acyclic graph (DAG). Further principles are required in order to choose among the large number of DAGs compatible with a given probability distribution. Here we present a principle that we call frugality. This principle tells one to choose the DAG with the fewest causal arrows. We argue that f…
Causal concepts and temporal ordering
Systems without a graphical causal representation
Penned In
A Poetic Exchange
Penned In
Some Members of the Congress
Environmental Health for All
On a Writer's Endgame
On how the stories changed
Risk Response to Environmental Hazards to Health – Towards an Ecological Approach
Response to risks can be seen as an ecological process, involving a community of actors whose perceptions and actions play off each other, and whose responses help to determine the way in which risk events play out. Risk governance thus needs to take account of how the many different stakeholders caught up in the event respond to the perceived risks. The NATO‐MoD funded MERREA project was aimed at exploring these processes of risk response throug…
Bluegrass Theology
This article examines the music of two bluegrass gospel composers to assess how the theologies in their songs compare. The theo-symbolic code from John McClure’s Four Codes of Preaching provides the reader with a means for discerning the theological elements in a song, sermon, or other artifact, and how the several elements relate to one another. The article concludes that while the composers’ theologies have similarities, at a deeper level there…
Systems without a graphical causal representation
Interventionist decision theory
In defense of interventionist solutions to exclusion
The Frugal Inference of Causal Relations
Recent approaches to causal modelling rely upon the causal Markov condition, which specifies which probability distributions are compatible with a directed acyclic graph (DAG). Further principles are required in order to choose among the large number of DAGs compatible with a given probability distribution. Here we present a principle that we call frugality. This principle tells one to choose the DAG with the fewest causal arrows. We argue that f…
The Similarity of Causal Structure
Whether y obtains under the counterfactual supposition that x is thought to depend on whether y obtains in the most similar world(s) in which x obtains. Graphical causal models have proved useful in developing a principled notion of similarity between worlds, but this notion is limited insofar as it does not apply to counterfactual suppositions about causal structure. Here, we explore the possibility of filling this lacuna by introducing a notion…
Causal Explanatory Power
Schupbach and Sprenger ([2011]) introduce a novel probabilistic approach to measuring the explanatory power that a given explanans exerts over a corresponding explanandum. Though we are sympathetic to their general approach, we argue that it does not (without revision) adequately capture the way in which the causal explanatory power that c exerts on e varies with background knowledge. We then amend their approach so that it does capture this vari…
Causal concepts and temporal ordering
Interventionist counterfactuals and the nearness of worlds
Comparative opinion loss
It is a consequence of the theory of imprecise credences that there exist situations in which rational agents inevitably become less opinionated toward some propositions as they gather more evidence. The fact that an agent's imprecise credal state can dilate in this way is often treated as a strike against the imprecise approach to inductive inference. Here, we show that dilation is not a mere artifact of this approach by demonstrating that opini…
Anti-reductionist Interventionism
Kim's causal exclusion argument purports to demonstrate that the non-reductive physicalist must treat mental properties (and macro-level properties in general) as causally inert. A number of authors have attempted to resist Kim's conclusion by utilizing the conceptual resources of Woodward's (2005) interventionist conception of causation. The viability of these responses has been challenged by Gebharter (2017a), who argues that the causal exclusi…
The Chances of Choices
It is sometimes thought that if we treat decision-theoretic options as interventions, then we can use evidential decision theory to vindicate causal dominance reasoning. This is supposed to be guaranteed by a causal modeling axiom that implies that interventions are probabilistically independent of their non-effects---namely, the Causal Markov Condition. But there are two concerns for this line of reasoning. First, the Causal Markov Condition doe…
Causal Direction in Causal Bayes Nets
Some authors maintain that we can use causal Bayes nets to infer whether $X \to Y$ or $X \leftarrow Y$ by consulting a probability distribution defined over some exogenous source of variation for $X$ or $Y$ . We raise a problem for this approach. Specifically, we point out that there are cases where an exogenous cause of $X$ ( ${E_x}$ ) has no probabilistic influence on $Y$ no matter the direction of causation—namely, cases where ${E_x} \to X \to…
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