Michael Hayes

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compute an actual value (or probability) for any counterfactual query, no matter how convoluted. Of special interest are questions concerning necessary and sufficient causes of observed events. For example, how likely is it that the defendant’s action was a necessary cause of the claimant’s injury? How likely is it that man-made climate change is a sufficient cause of a heat wave?
The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect (Penguin Science)
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