Causes and explanations: A structural-model approach

Causes and explanations: A structural-model approach (2001)

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by Joseph Y. Halpern , Judea Pearl

Venue:	In Proceedings IJCAI-01
Citations:	88 - 8 self

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@INPROCEEDINGS{Halpern01causesand,
    author = {Joseph Y. Halpern and Judea Pearl},
    title = {Causes and explanations: A structural-model approach},
    booktitle = {In Proceedings IJCAI-01},
    year = {2001},
    pages = {27--34},
    publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann}
}

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We propose a new definition of actual causes, using structural equations to model counterfactuals. We show that the definition yields a plausible and elegant account of causation that handles well examples which have caused problems for other definitions

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