| Stochastic Causality: Volume 131 Contributor(s): Galavotti, Maria Carla (Editor), Suppes, Patrick (Editor), Costantini, Domenico (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1575863227 ISBN-13: 9781575863221 Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat OUR PRICE: $26.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: The papers collected here focus on probabilistic causality, addressing topics such as the search for causal mechanisms, epistemic and metaphysical views of causality, Bayesian nets and causal dependence, and causation in the special sciences. Some papers stress the statistical analysis of probabilistic data; others address causal issues in physics, with an emphasis on physical processes that are also probabilistic--i.e., stochastic processes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 122 |
| LCCN: 2001047485 |
| Series: Lecture Notes |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.08" W x 9.02" (0.88 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The papers collected here focus on probabilistic causality, addressing topics such as the search for causal mechanisms, epistemic and metaphysical views of causality, Bayesian nets and causal dependence, and causation in the special sciences. Some papers stress the statistical analysis of probabilistic data; others address causal issues in physics, with an emphasis on physical processes that are also probabilistic--i.e., stochastic processes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Suppes, Patrick: - Patrick Suppes (1922-2014) was the Lucie Stern Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus at Stanford University. He was the founder of the Computer Curriculum Corporation and the Suppes Brain Lab at Stanford, as well as the co-founder of the Institute for Mathematical Studies in Social Sciences. |