Causes and explanations: A structural-model approach. Part I: Causes

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 843-887

  Halpern, Joseph Y ^a   Pearl, Judea ^b  

^a Department of Computer Science and School of Operations Research and Information Engineering   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

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EID: 29144510111     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: 14643537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axi147     Document Type: Review

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