Counterfactual Causality from First Principles?

Counterfactual Causality from First Principles?

In this position paper we discuss three main shortcomings of existing approaches to counterfactual causality from the computer science perspective, and sketch lines of work to try and overcome these issues: (1) causality definitions should be driven by a set of precisely specified requirements rathe...

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Main Authors: Gregor Gössler, Oleg Sokolsky, Jean-Bernard Stefani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Publishing Association 2017-10-01
Series:Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
Online Access:http://arxiv.org/pdf/1710.03393v1
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spelling doaj-9e2f46f5eff043219aa4867d032342882020-11-25T00:11:20ZengOpen Publishing AssociationElectronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science2075-21802017-10-01259Proc. CREST 2017475310.4204/EPTCS.259.5:4Counterfactual Causality from First Principles?Gregor Gössler0Oleg Sokolsky1Jean-Bernard Stefani2 INRIA, France University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA INRIA, France In this position paper we discuss three main shortcomings of existing approaches to counterfactual causality from the computer science perspective, and sketch lines of work to try and overcome these issues: (1) causality definitions should be driven by a set of precisely specified requirements rather than specific examples; (2) causality frameworks should support system dynamics; (3) causality analysis should have a well-understood behavior in presence of abstraction.http://arxiv.org/pdf/1710.03393v1
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description In this position paper we discuss three main shortcomings of existing approaches to counterfactual causality from the computer science perspective, and sketch lines of work to try and overcome these issues: (1) causality definitions should be driven by a set of precisely specified requirements rather than specific examples; (2) causality frameworks should support system dynamics; (3) causality analysis should have a well-understood behavior in presence of abstraction.
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