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Probabilistic causation is a concept in a group of philosophical theories that aim to characterize the relationship between cause and effect using the tools of probability theory. The central idea behind these theories is that causes raise the probabilities of their effects, all else being equal.

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Probabilistic causation

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Probabilistic causation is a concept in a group of philosophical theories that aim to characterize the relationship between cause and effect using the...

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Causality

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result, many turn to a notion of probabilistic causation. Informally, A ("The person is a smoker") probabilistically causes B ("The person has now or...

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Indeterminism

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cancer. As a result, many turn to a notion of probabilistic causation. Informally, A probabilistically causes B if A's occurrence increases the probability...

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Probabilistic logic

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Causal inference

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Bayesian inference

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probability Information field theory Principle of maximum entropy Probabilistic causation Probabilistic programming "Bayesian". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary....

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Granger causality

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variables. Having said this, it has been argued that given a probabilistic view of causation, Granger causality can be considered true causality in that...

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List of statistics articles

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Scientific evidence

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Systematic endeavor for gaining knowledge Probabilistic causation Probabilistic argumentation Probabilistic logic – use of probability and logic to deal...

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Causal Markov condition

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study of causation is that causes raise the probabilities of their effects, all else being equal. A deterministic interpretation of causation means that...

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Causal reasoning

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may also be understood probabilistically, via inferential statistics, where the distinction between correlation and causation is important. Just because...

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Causation in English law

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Causation in English law concerns the legal tests of remoteness, causation and foreseeability in the tort of negligence. It is also relevant for English...

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Inductivism

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position by introducing the role of frames of reference and of probabilistic causation. Newer versions are associated with Noam Chomsky and with Jerry...

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List of fallacies

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such as improper presumption, faulty generalization, error in assigning causation, and relevance, among others. The use of fallacies is common when the...

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Forensic epidemiology

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prosecution and defense. Forensic epidemiologists formulate evidence-based probabilistic conclusions about the type and quantity of causal association between...

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Julius Thomas Fraser

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speed of light, instants may be specified only statistically, probabilistic causation joins prototemporal events eotemporal - shaft of an arrow, countable...

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Epidemiology

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biological sciences. Major areas of epidemiological study include disease causation, transmission, outbreak investigation, disease surveillance, environmental...

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Bayesian network

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Bayes network, Bayes net, belief network, or decision network) is a probabilistic graphical model that represents a set of variables and their conditional...

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Causal analysis

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such circumstances is often summed up as "correlation does not imply causation". The nature of causality is systematically investigated in several academic...

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Formal epistemology

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Adam Elga (probabilistic reasoning, laws, etc.) Branden Fitelson (confirmation, logic, etc.) Malcolm Forster (confirmation, simplicity, causation) Haim Gaifman...

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Metaphysics

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John (2012). "Probabilistic Theories". In Beebee, Helen; Hitchcock, Christopher; Menzies, Peter (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Causation. Oxford University...

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Correlation

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correlation does not imply causation). Formally, random variables are dependent if they do not satisfy a mathematical property of probabilistic independence. In...

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Ray Solomonoff

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written on probabilistic machine learning. In the late 1950s, he invented probabilistic languages and their associated grammars. A probabilistic language...

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