Elements of Causal Inference

Selected reading: One worked identification example and its assumptions.

How to study this source

• What makes one thing cause another?

  criticismOne worked identification example and its assumptions

  Inspect one identification strategy and a case where its assumptions fail.

• Can a model learn causes?

  coreGraph-based identification and structural assumptions

  Inspect one identification strategy and a case where its assumptions fail.

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.

• Counterfactuals

  David Lewis. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.