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The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 1999 50(4):521-583; doi:10.1093/bjps/50.4.521
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Independence, invariance and the causal Markov condition

DM HausmanA and J Woodward

A Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA E-mail: dhausman@facstaff.wisc.edu Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA E-mail: jfw@hss.caltech.edu

This essay explains what the Causal Markov Condition says and defends the condition from the many criticisms that have been launched against it. Although we are skeptical about some of the applications of the Causal Markov Condition, we argue that it is implicit in the view that causes can be used to manipulate their effects and that it cannot be surrendered without surrendering this view of causation.


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