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Causal Nets, Interventionism, and Mechanisms

Part of the Synthese Library Book Series (volume 381)

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-49908-6

ISBN: 978-3-319-49907-9

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jan 12, 2017

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Introduction

Gebharter, Alexander

Pages: 1 –7

[This chapter provides a brief introduction to the book as well as an overview of the subsequent chapters. The book consists of two main parts: A more theoretical part on the philosophical foundations of the theory of causal Bayes nets and a more application oriented part. The former part (Chap....
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Formal Preliminaries

Gebharter, Alexander

Pages: 9 –26

[This chapter introduces the formal concepts required for subsequent chapters. Some notational conventions are maintained and important terms such as ‘relation’, ‘function’, and ‘structure’ are explicated. The probabilistic concepts relevant for later chapters are illustrated. I also explain the...
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Causal Nets

Gebharter, Alexander

Pages: 27 –38

[In this chapter I give a brief overview of the central notions and definitions of the causal nets framework, which was developed in detail by Pearl and Spirtes, Glymour, and Scheines. I also begin to develop and justify an axiomatization of the causal nets framework, to be continued and finished...
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Causality as a Theoretical Concept

Gebharter, Alexander

Pages: 39 –69

[In the first part of this chapter I finish the axiomatization of the causal nets framework started in Chap. 3 I also argue that the causal Markov axiom provides the best explanation for two statistical phenomena. In the second part I present several results about the empirical content of...
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Causal Nets and Woodwardian Interventionism

Gebharter, Alexander

Pages: 71 –114

[In this chapter I develop a novel reconstruction of Woodward’s interventionist theory of causation within the theory of causal nets. This endeavor allows one to see in which respects the two theories agree and in which respects they diverge from each other. It also allows for uncovering several...
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Causal Nets and Mechanisms

Gebharter, Alexander

Pages: 115 –175

[In this chapter I enter the new mechanist debate within the philosophy of science. I discuss a proposal how to model mechanisms made by Casini, Illari, Russo, and Williamson and present three problems with their approach. I then present my alternative approach of how to represent mechanisms,...

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