Independent Evidence About a Common Cause

Elliott R. Sober

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Philosophy and History of Science Philosophy, Science, and History Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference

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To infer the state of a cause from the states of its effects, independent lines of evidence are preferable to dependent ones. This familiar idea is here investigated, the goal being to identify its presuppositions. Connections are drawn with Reichenbach's (1956) and Salmon's (1984) discussions of the principle of the common cause.

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