 Why is Spohn’s analysis of causation inferential? Recall that a ranking function represents the epistemic state of an agent, which implies that it determines which beliefs are held by the agent. Moreover, the conditionalization of a ranking function defines how such a function changes if the agent comes to believe a certain proposition. Hence, conditionalization defines an inference relation that maps a set of propositions to a powerset of propositions. The intended meaning of this inference relation is that, if we come to believe a certain proposition, then it is rational to believe a set of propositions. In other words, proposition \(B\) is inferable from proposition \(A\) in the context of a ranking function \(\kappa\) iff \(\beta(B\mid A)&gt;0\), where \(\kappa\) is underlying the belief function \(\beta\). Put into symbolic notation: