Journal
SYNTHESE
Volume 193, Issue 4, Pages 1047-1072Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-015-0810-5
Keywords
Causation; Variable choice; Causal Markov condition; Natural properties
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
This paper explores some issues about the choice of variables for causal representation and explanation. Depending on which variables a researcher employs, many causal inference procedures and many treatments of causation will reach different conclusions about which causal relationships are present in some system of interest. The assumption of this paper is that some choices of variables are superior to other choices for the purpose of causal analysis. A number of possible criteria for variable choice are described and defended within a broadly interventionist approach to causation.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available