Reichenbach's paradise : constructing the realm of probabilstic common "causes" /

Since its first introduction by Hans Reichenbach, many philosophers have claimed to refute the common cause principle. The situation is not so straightforward, though: validity of the principle remains an open question. The book traces different formulations of the principle, and provides proofs of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wronski, Leszek (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors:	Michalska, Anna (Editor), Tavares, Sara (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Warsaw [Poland] ; Berlin [Germany] : De Gruyter Open, 2014.
Subjects:	Reichenbach, Hans, > 1891-1953. Reichenbach, Hans, > 1891-1953 PHILOSOPHY / General. Common Cause Principle, Reichenbach, Probability, Causality. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
List of Figures / List of Tables
Acknowledgments / Introduction
1 The Principle of the Common Cause: Its Shapes and Content
2 Screening Off and Explanation: Formal Properties
3 The Principle of the Common Cause and the Bell Inequalities
4 The Principle of the Common Cause and the Causal Markov Condition
5 Causal Closedness
6 Causal Completability
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.