Direct Causes and the Trouble with Soft Interventions

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Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 755-777

  Eberhardt, Frederick ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84908099360     PISSN: 01650106     EISSN: 15728420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10670-013-9552-2     Document Type: Article

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