LEADER 03618oam 2200649K 450 001 9910557538003321 005 20241204164225.0 010 $a0-262-33662-6 010 $a0-262-33661-8 024 7 $a10.7551/mitpress/10809.001.0001 035 $a(CKB)3710000000841861 035 $a(EBL)4662064 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4662064 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001661674 035 $a(OCoLC)957590577 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse53748 035 $a(OCoLC)957590577$z(OCoLC)957683624$z(OCoLC)957738501$z(OCoLC)958085515$z(OCoLC)959031917 035 $a(OCoLC-P)957590577 035 $a(MaCbMITP)10809 035 $a(CaBNVSL)mat08951009 035 $a(IDAMS)0b0000648bc472d1 035 $a(IEEE)8951009 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78541 035 $a(oapen)doab78541 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000841861 100 $a20160901d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aActual causality /$fJoseph Y. Halpern 210 $aCambridge$cThe MIT Press$d2016 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cThe MIT Press,$d[2016] 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 225 1 $aThe MIT Press 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-262-03502-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface; Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview; Chapter 2: The HP Definition of Causality; 2.1 Causal Models; 2.2 A Formal Definition of Actual Cause; 2.3 Examples; 2.4 Transitivity; 2.5 Probability and Causality; 2.6 Sufficient Causality; 2.7 Causality in Nonrecursive Models; 2.8 AC2(bo) vs -- AC2(bu); 2.9 Causal Paths; 2.10 Proofs; Chapter 3: Graded Causation and Normality; 3.1 Defaults, Typicality, and Normality; 3.2 Extended Causal Models; 3.3 Graded Causation; 3.4 More Examples; 3.5 An Alternative Approach to Incorporating Normality; Chapter 4: The Art of Causal Modeling. 327 $a4.1 Adding Variables to Structure a Causal Scenario4.2 Conservative Extensions; 4.3 Using the Original HP Definition Instead of the Updated Definition; 4.4 The Stability of (Non- )Causality; 4.5 The Range of Variables; 4.6 Dependence and Independence; 4.7 Dealing With Normality and Typicality; 4.8 Proofs; Chapter 5: Complexity and Axiomatization; 5.1 Compact Representations of Structural Equations; 5.2 Compact Representations of the Normality Ordering; 5.3 The Complexity of Determining Causality; 5.4 Axiomatizing Causal Reasoning; 5.5 Technical Details and Proofs. 327 $aChapter 6: Responsibility and Blame6.1 A Naive Definition of Responsibility; 6.2 Blame; 6.3 Responsibility, Normality, and Blame; Chapter 7: Explanation; 7.1 Explanation: The Basic Definition; 7.2 Partial Explanations and Explanatory Power; 7.3 The General Definition of Explanation; Chapter 8: Applying the Definitions; 8.1 Accountability; 8.2 Causality in Databases; 8.3 Program Verification; 8.4 LastWords; References; Index. 330 $aA new approach for defining causality and such related notions as degree of responsibility, degrees of blame, and causal explanation. 606 $aFunctional analysis 606 $aProbabilities 606 $aCausation 615 0$aFunctional analysis. 615 0$aProbabilities. 615 0$aCausation. 676 $a122 700 $aHalpern$b Joseph Y.$f1953-$01207895 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910557538003321 996 $aActual causality$92786700 997 $aUNINA