Vos, M.A. de (2012) Probabilistic and counterfactual theories of causation. Bachelor's Thesis, Mathematics.
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Abstract
In this thesis, I want to give an overview of a number of theories of causality. First, I will give some general information about causation and about problems there are with defining it (Section 2). Then I give some special attention to two possible theories of causation, namely the probabilistic theory (Section 3) and the counterfactual theory (Section 4). Besides that I work out some problems regarding confounding (Section 5). Sections 2 and 4 are mostly philosophical, while Sections 3 and 5 are more mathematical, although for reading the section about the counterfactual theory some mathematical way of thinking can be helpful to understand it.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor's Thesis) |
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| Degree programme: | Mathematics |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2018 07:47 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Feb 2018 07:47 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/9926 |
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