Title: Causality and probability in the sciences /
Authors: Russo, Federica, 1978-; Russo, Federica; Williamson, Jon
Publisher: College Publications,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Science; Philosophy; Models, Statistical; Probability; Causality; Causation Congresses; Probabilities Congresses; Science Philosophy Congresses
Contents: An integral approach to causal inference with latent variables / Sam Maes, Stijn Meganck, Philippe Leray -- Integrating Bayesian networks and Simpson's paradox in data mining / Alex A. Freitas, Ken McGarry, Elon Correa -- Causal inference in quantum mechanics : a reassessment / Mauricio Suárez -- Mediating between causes and probabilities : the use of graphical models in econometrics / Alessio Moneta -- Causality in economics / Stephen Leroy -- Causality, mechanisms and modularity : structural models in econometrics / Damien Fennell -- Time series, nonsense correlations and the principle of the common cause / Julian Reiss -- Conceptual tools for causal analysis in the social sciences / Erik Weber -- Interpreting probability in causal models for cancer / Federica Russo and Jon Williamson -- Galton's blinding glasses : modern statistics hiding causal structure in early theories of inheritance / Bert Leuridian -- Mendelian randomisation : why epidemiology needs a formal language for causality / Vanessa Didelez and Nuala A. Sheehan -- The causal roots of probability / Marianne Belis -- Causality and the axiomatic probability calculus / Andrea L'Episcopo -- Two probabilities of dysfunction and two kinds of chance / Françoise Longy -- Causal dualism : which position? Which arguments? / Monika M. Dullstein -- Can one deny both causation by omission and causal pluralism? The case of legal causation / Amit Pundik -- A conditional view of causality / Friedel Weinert -- The inference of common cause naturalized / Aviezer Tucker -- Contexts for causal models / Margherita Benzi -- Causal inference : how can Bayesian networks contribute? / Isabelle Drouet -- Counterfactuals, hypotheticals and potential responses : a philosophical examination of statistical causality / A. Philip Dawid.