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024 7 _a10.7551/mitpress/10809.001.0001
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035 _a(CaBNVSL)mat08951009
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100 1 _aHalpern, Joseph Y.,
_d1953-
_eauthor.
_925772
245 1 0 _aActual causality /
_cJoseph Y. Halpern.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bThe MIT Press,
_c[2016]
264 2 _a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] :
_bIEEE Xplore,
_c[2016]
300 _a1 PDF (ix, 229 pages).
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aelectronic
_2isbdmedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPreface; Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview; Chapter 2: The HP Definition of Causality; 2.1 Causal Models; 2.2 A Formal Definition of Actual Cause; 2.3 Examples; 2.4 Transitivity; 2.5 Probability and Causality; 2.6 Sufficient Causality; 2.7 Causality in Nonrecursive Models; 2.8 AC2(bo) vs -- AC2(bu); 2.9 Causal Paths; 2.10 Proofs; Chapter 3: Graded Causation and Normality; 3.1 Defaults, Typicality, and Normality; 3.2 Extended Causal Models; 3.3 Graded Causation; 3.4 More Examples; 3.5 An Alternative Approach to Incorporating Normality; Chapter 4: The Art of Causal Modeling.
505 8 _a4.1 Adding Variables to Structure a Causal Scenario4.2 Conservative Extensions; 4.3 Using the Original HP Definition Instead of the Updated Definition; 4.4 The Stability of (Non- )Causality; 4.5 The Range of Variables; 4.6 Dependence and Independence; 4.7 Dealing With Normality and Typicality; 4.8 Proofs; Chapter 5: Complexity and Axiomatization; 5.1 Compact Representations of Structural Equations; 5.2 Compact Representations of the Normality Ordering; 5.3 The Complexity of Determining Causality; 5.4 Axiomatizing Causal Reasoning; 5.5 Technical Details and Proofs.
505 8 _aChapter 6: Responsibility and Blame6.1 A Naive Definition of Responsibility; 6.2 Blame; 6.3 Responsibility, Normality, and Blame; Chapter 7: Explanation; 7.1 Explanation: The Basic Definition; 7.2 Partial Explanations and Explanatory Power; 7.3 The General Definition of Explanation; Chapter 8: Applying the Definitions; 8.1 Accountability; 8.2 Causality in Databases; 8.3 Program Verification; 8.4 LastWords; References; Index.
506 _aRestricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
520 _aA new approach for defining causality and such related notions as degree of responsibility, degrees of blame, and causal explanation.
530 _aAlso available in print.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web
650 0 _aFunctional analysis.
_912284
650 0 _aProbabilities.
_94604
650 0 _aCausation.
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655 0 _aElectronic books.
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710 2 _aIEEE Xplore (Online Service),
_edistributor.
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710 2 _aMIT Press,
_epublisher.
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776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aHalpern, Joseph Y., 1953-
_tActual causality.
_dCambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]
_z9780262035026
_w(DLC) 2016007205
_w(OCoLC)939597238
856 4 2 _3Abstract with links to resource
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