Probability Theory and Causation: A Branching Space-Times Analysis.

We provide a formally rigorous framework for integrating singular causation, as understood by Nuel Belnap's theory of causae causantes, and objective single case probabilities. The central notion is that of a causal probability space whose sample space consists of causal alternatives. Such a probabi...

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Published in:	British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 487 - 521
Main Author:	Müller, Thomas
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Chicago Press Sep2005
Subjects:	Causation (Philosophy) Philosophy Probability theory Spacetime Markov processes Stochastic processes
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