Concrete Causation

By Roland PöllingerEducation

Concrete Causation episodes

July 10, 2010 Graphs as Models of Interventions
In this talk Roland Poellinger (Munich) gives an outline of Judea Pearl's deterministic approach towards causation (workshop "Concrete Causation", 9 July, 2010). The title of the talk is taken from the programmatic section 2.2 of Pearl's paper "Causal Diagrams for Empirical Research" (Biometrika, Vol. 82, No. 4, 669-709, 1995) which is briefly sketched and commented on as an introduction to Pearl's interventionist account of causal analysis. Further topics: The problems of simple causal networks, interventions as variables, Humphreys' paradox, and causal decision making.
41 min
July 10, 2010 Causation in Physics
In this talk Mathias Frisch (University of Maryland and Humboldt scholar at LMU Munich) critically examines a range of general arguments for the view that causal notions have an important place in the special sciences and discusses a case of causal modeling in physics - linear response theory (workshop "Concrete Causation", 9 July, 2010).
36 min
July 10, 2010 A Ranking-theoretic Account of Causation
Professor Wolfgang Spohn (Konstanz) presents his ranking-theoretic account of causation as keynote speaker at the LMU workshop "Concrete Causation" (9 July, 2010). [Due to technical problems the recording begins with the second slide.]
55 min
July 08, 2010 Workshop Concrete Causation: Programme
The poster of the workshop "Concrete Causation" (9 July, 2010) with all speakers, times, chairs, and breaks
2 min

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In his study of causation J. L. Mackie once referred back to David Hume, who listed causation among one of the principles that are TO US THE CEMENT OF THE UNIVERSE and thus OF VAST CONSEQUENCE IN THE…