ISBN:
9780262035026
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (240 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Halpern, Joseph Y Actual Causality
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
A new approach for defining causality and such related notions as degree of responsibility, degrees of blame, and causal explanation
Abstract:
Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview -- Chapter 2: The HP Definition of Causality -- 2.1 Causal Models -- 2.2 A Formal Definition of Actual Cause -- 2.3 Examples -- 2.4 Transitivity -- 2.5 Probability and Causality -- 2.6 Sufficient Causality -- 2.7 Causality in Nonrecursive Models -- 2.8 AC2(bo) vs. AC2(bu) -- 2.9 Causal Paths -- 2.10 Proofs -- Chapter 3: Graded Causation and Normality -- 3.1 Defaults, Typicality, and Normality -- 3.2 Extended Causal Models -- 3.3 Graded Causation -- 3.4 More Examples -- 3.5 An Alternative Approach to Incorporating Normality
Abstract:
Chapter 4: The Art of Causal Modeling -- 4.1 Adding Variables to Structure a Causal Scenario -- 4.2 Conservative Extensions -- 4.3 Using the Original HP Definition Instead of the Updated Definition -- 4.4 The Stability of (Non-)Causality -- 4.5 The Range of Variables -- 4.6 Dependence and Independence -- 4.7 Dealing With Normality and Typicality -- 4.8 Proofs -- Chapter 5: Complexity and Axiomatization -- 5.1 Compact Representations of Structural Equations -- 5.2 Compact Representations of the Normality Ordering -- 5.3 The Complexity of Determining Causality -- 5.4 Axiomatizing Causal Reasoning
Abstract:
5.5 Technical Details and Proofs -- Chapter 6: Responsibility and Blame -- 6.1 A Naive Definition of Responsibility -- 6.2 Blame -- 6.3 Responsibility, Normality, and Blame -- Chapter 7: Explanation -- 7.1 Explanation: The Basic Definition -- 7.2 Partial Explanations and Explanatory Power -- 7.3 The General Definition of Explanation -- Chapter 8: Applying the Definitions -- 8.1 Accountability -- 8.2 Causality in Databases -- 8.3 Program Verification -- 8.4 LastWords -- References -- Index
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