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Sufficient Causes: On Oxygen, Matches, and Fires

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  • Pearl Judea

    (Cognitive Systems Laboratory, Computer Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA90024, USA)

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We demonstrate how counterfactuals can be used to compute the probability that one event was/is a sufficient cause of another, and how counterfactuals emerge organically from basic scientific knowledge, rather than manipulative experiments. We contrast this demonstration with the potential outcome framework and address the distinction between causes and enablers.

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  • Pearl Judea, 2019. "Sufficient Causes: On Oxygen, Matches, and Fires," Journal of Causal Inference, De Gruyter, vol. 7(2), pages 1-8, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:causin:v:7:y:2019:i:2:p:8:n:4
    DOI: 10.1515/jci-2019-0026
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    1. Esterling, Kevin M. & Brady, David & Schwitzgebel, Eric, 2023. "The Necessity of Construct and External Validity for Generalized Causal Claims," I4R Discussion Paper Series 18, The Institute for Replication (I4R).

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