Should causal models always be Markovian? The case of multi-causal forks in medicine

Abstract The development of causal modelling since the 1950s has been accompanied by a number of controversies, the most striking of which concerns the Markov condition. Reichenbach's conjunctive forks did satisfy the Markov condition, while Salmon's interactive forks did not. Subsequently...
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Gillies, Donald [verfasserIn]

Sudbury, Aidan

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2013

Schlagwörter:

Probabilistic causality

Conjunctive forks

Interactive forks

Multi-causal forks

Markov condition

Bayesian networks

Causal factors

Heart disease

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© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

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Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of science - Berlin : Springer, 2011, 3(2013), 3 vom: 04. Juni, Seite 275-308

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volume:3 ; year:2013 ; number:3 ; day:04 ; month:06 ; pages:275-308

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s13194-013-0068-z

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SPR030808537

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