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causation

2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.

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James Woodward

American philosopher of science who developed the interventionist theory of causation — causation is analyzed in terms of what would happen under interventions (manipulations) on the cause variable.

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Phil Dowe

Australian philosopher who developed the conserved quantity (CQ) theory of causation — replacing Salmon's mark transmission criterion with the transmission of conserved physical quantities.

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