I just happened across this 2011 paper on the probabilistic foundation of causality,
http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/9729/1/Website_Version_2.pdf which seems to carefully clarify a bunch of issues that remain dangling in prior discussions of the topic It seems to give a good characterization of what it means for "P to appear to cause Q, based on the knowledge-base of observer O" -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
