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SUMMARY:Probabilistic actual causation - Luke Fenton-Glynn (University Col
 lege London)
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CONTACT:Agnes Bolinska
DESCRIPTION:Actual (token) causation – the sort of causal relation asser
 ted to hold by claims like 'the Chicxulub impact caused the Cretaceous-Pal
 eogene extinction event'\, 'Mr Fairchild's exposure to asbestos caused him
  to suffer mesothelioma'\, and 'the H7N9 virus outbreak was caused by poul
 try farmers becoming simultaneously infected by bird and human 'flu strain
 s' – is of significance to scientists\, historians\, and tort and crimin
 al lawyers. It also plays a role in theories of various philosophically im
 portant concepts\, such as action\, decision\, explanation\, knowledge\, p
 erception\, reference\, and moral responsibility. Yet there is little cons
 ensus on how actual causation is to be understood\, particularly where act
 ual causes work only probabilistically. I use probabilistic causal models\
 , and associated causal graphs\, to cast some light on the nature of proba
 bilistic actual causation.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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