Modularity and the Causal Markov Condition
A Restatement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399558 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel M Hausman (0000-0003-0249-3518, University of Wisconsin–Madison), James Woodward (0000-0002-6402-2554, California Institute of Technology) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 147-161 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/55.1.147 |
| OpenAlex | W2119038268 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 6 |
Nancy Cartwright's comments ([2002]) expose some gaps and difficulties in the argument for the causal Markov condition in our essay ‘Independence, Invariance and the Causal Markov Condition’ ([1999]), and we are grateful for the opportunity to reformulate our position. In particular, Cartwright disagrees vigorously with many of the theses we advance about the connection between causation and manipulation. Although we are not persuaded by some of her criticisms, we shall confine ourselves to showing how our central argument can be reconstructed and to casting doubt on Cartwright's claim that the causal Markov condition typically fails when there are indeterministic by-products. 1. Why believe the causal Markov condition?2. Causation and manipulation3. The argument4. Indeterministic by-products and the causal Markov condition5. The chemical factory counterexample and PM26. Conclusions: causation and manipulability
Argument (complex analysis) · Causal model · Causality (physics) · Causation · Counterexample · Discrete mathematics · Epistemology · Independence (probability theory) · Markov chain · Markov model · Markov process · Markov property · Mathematical economics · Overdetermination · Statistics · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,05 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |