Selected reading: Hume’s causation discussion, Lewis’s argument and Pearl’s intervention account.
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What makes one thing cause another?
Reconstruct the selected causation argument and its distinction between observation and necessary connection.
Ideas and questions
Read background definitions when a term blocks the argument. Then return to the source and reconstruct its claim in your own words.
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Nature's Capacities and Their Measurement
Nancy Cartwright. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.
Making Things Happen
James Woodward. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.
The Cement of the Universe
J. L. Mackie. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.
Causal Inference: What If
Hernán · Robins. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.
Elements of Causal Inference
Peters, Janzing · Schölkopf. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.