Causes and Explanations: A Structural-Model Approach, Part I: Causes
Joseph Y. Halpern, Judea Pearl
Abstract
We propose a new definition of actual cause, using structural equations to model counterfactuals. We show that the definition yields a plausible and elegant account of causation that handles well examples which have caused problems for other definitions and resolves major difficulties in the traditional account.
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