Causal Assumptions: Some Responses To
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ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iii LIST OF FIGURES v INTRODUCTION 1 NOTATION AND TERMINOLOGY, DEFINITIONS, ASSUMPTIONS, AND ALGORITHMS 3 DAGS and Probability Distributions 3 Causal Graphs 9 The Markov Condition and the Causal Markov Condition 21 CARTWRIGHT’S CRITIQUE 22 The Faithfulness Assumption 22 The Markov Condition and the Factory Example 24 SOME RESPONSES TO CARTWRIGHT 29 The Factory Example and the Fundamental Assumption 29 The Faithfulness Assumption 44 CONCLUSIONS 55 REFERENCES 59
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