Judea Pearl at 90 Symposium: Philosophers of Science on Causes and Counterfactuals
yudapearl · x · 2026-09-27
Causality pioneer Judea Pearl says he takes very seriously what philosophers of science say about causation, given their 2,500-year tradition of thinking about the puzzle. At the pearl@90 symposium he highlighted Christopher Hitchcock's remarks on 'Causes and Counterfactuals.'
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