Curie's principle and causal graphs

被引:2
作者
Kinney, David [1 ]
机构
[1] Santa Fe Inst, Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA
来源
STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE | 2021年 / 87卷
关键词
Markov condition; Causal graphs; Curie's Principle; Symmetry; Causation;
D O I
10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.02.007
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
Curie's Principle says that any symmetry property of a cause must be found in its effect. In this article, I consider Curie's Principle from the point of view of graphical causal models, and demonstrate that, under one definition of a symmetry transformation, the causal modeling framework does not require anything like Curie's Principle to be true. On another definition of a symmetry transformation, the graphical causal modeling formalism does imply a version of Curie's Principle. These results yield a better understanding of the logical landscape with respect to the relationship between Curie's Principle and graphical causal modeling.
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页数:6
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