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Team semantics for interventionist counterfactuals and causal dependence [PDF]
, 2017 We introduce a generalization of team semantics which provides a framework for manipulationist theories of causation based on structural equation models, such as Woodward's and Pearl's; our causal teams incorporate (partial or total) information about ...
Barbero, Fausto, Sandu, Gabriel
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The Complexity of Planning Problems With Simple Causal Graphs
, 2011 We present three new complexity results for classes of planning problems with simple causal graphs. First, we describe a polynomial-time algorithm that uses macros to generate plans for the class 3S of planning problems with binary state variables and ...
Giménez, Omer, Jonsson, Anders
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Letting Go of “Natural Kind”: Toward a Multidimensional Framework of Nonarbitrary Classification [PDF]
, 2018 This article uses the case study of ethnobiological classification to develop a positive and a negative thesis about the state of natural kind debates.
Ludwig, David
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, 2011 Laws of nature take center stage in philosophy of science. Laws are usually believed to stand in a tight conceptual relation to many important key concepts such as causation, explanation, confirmation, determinism, counterfactuals etc.
Hüttemann, Andreas +2 more
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Epc/turnkey Contract, Lumpsum Fixed Price Subject to Adjustments [PDF]
, 2015 The most important thing before starting the construction project is deciding the type of contract will be used for the project's implementation. In order to get the proper decision, the understanding on various conditions of contracts are required.
Hardjomuljadi, S. (Sarwono)
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Causal clauses in Brazilian Portuguese
Revista Linguística, 2023 This paper discusses causal clauses in Brazilian Portuguese introduced by porque ‘because’. It is proposed that these clauses are adjoined to three distinct positions in the matrix. To describe these different levels of integration, I adopt the classification proposed by Frey (2016) and Badan and Haegeman (2022), in which adverbial clauses are ...
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Causal Equations without Ceteris Paribus Clauses
Philosophy of Science, 2010 Some writers have urged that evolutionary theory produces generalizations that hold only ceteris paribus, that is, provided “everything else is equal.” Others have claimed that all laws in the special sciences, or even all laws in science generally, hold only ceteris paribus.
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Kasi And Bikin Two Causative Strategies In Melayu Tenggara Jauh (Southwest Maluku, Indonesia) [PDF]
, 2015 This paper discusses the causative constructions found in Melayu Tenggara Jauh ‘Far Southeast Malay' (MTJ), which is used as lingua franca in Southwest Maluku.
Engelenhoven, A. V. (Aone)
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Epistemology Personalized [PDF]
, 2017 Recent epistemology has focused almost exclusively on propositional knowledge. This paper considers an underexplored area of epistemology, namely knowledge of persons: if propositional knowledge is a state of mind, consisting in a subject's attitude to a
Benton, Matthew A.
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