Statistical models of causal relations
Philosophy of Science 44 (2):203-214 (1977)
| Abstract | A model of causation is presented which shares the advantages of Reichenbach's definition in terms of the screening-off relation, but which has the added advantage of distinguishing cause and effect without reference to temporal directionality. This model is defined in terms of the masking relation, which in turn is defined in terms of the equivocation relation of communication theory | |||||||||
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