Representing causation.

The Syntax of Internal and External Causation

Levin and Rappaport (1995, henceforth L&R) argue that the distribution of the English causative alternation is predicted by the internal/external causation distinction. For L&R this distinction is represented in lexical conceptual structure. In this paper I argue that representing this distinction in the syntax, rather than in the lexicon, allows a crosslinguistically more satisfying theory of ...

Causation , Bayesian Networks , and Cognitive Maps ∗

Causation plays a critical role in many predictive and inference tasks. Bayesian networks (BNs) have been used to construct inference systems for diagnostics and decision making. More recently, fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs) have gained considerable attention and offer an alternative framework for representing structured human knowledge and causal inference. In this paper I briefly introduce Bayes...

A Ghazalian Predicament Epistemology and Metaphysics of Causation in the Works of Ghazali

Graphically Representing Causal Sequences in Accident Scenarios: Just Some of the Issues

This paper aims to explore the analytical issues surrounding the graphical representation of causation in accident scenarios. Two types of graphical renderings, Petri Nets and Why-Because Graphs, are introduced and the different ways in which they denote accident causation are explored. The second part reports an experiment undertaken to explore whether graphical renderings of causality have an...

مفهوم علیت در پارادایم‌های پزشکی

In this article, we aim to discuss one of the essential concepts of medicine. As a rule, such studies attempt to clarify the philosophical principals of medicine, whereby the act of medic can be regulated based on his clear perceptions of the principles of his knowledge. In this article, we will evaluate the concept of causation in medicine from a philosophical point of view and through histor...