Causality

Selected reading: Hume’s causation discussion, Lewis’s argument and Pearl’s intervention account.

How to study this source

• What makes one thing cause another?

  coreHume’s causation discussion, Lewis’s argument and Pearl’s intervention account

  Use a selected graph-based argument to identify the assumptions behind an intervention claim.

• Can a model learn causes?

  coreGraph-based identification and structural assumptions

  Use a selected graph-based argument to identify the assumptions behind an intervention claim.

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.

Read alongside, read against

• 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.