If the reader is lost in the tangle of normalities, our have now considered sympathies. We’ several examples, each with a distinct causal structure and applicable norms. The results often disagree. Here is our summary of the examples and their results for the several accounts of normality. We count a criterion as a success (marked with an O) for a case if its application unequivocally agrees with intuition, as defined within the example. Example Rock Gang Billy + Forest Fire Gardener Switches Throwing Execution Suzie Modified O O Definition O Normality O on Worlds Graded O O Model Causation Probability Causality of Sets of O O Contexts # Changes in O Normality 14. Conclusion There are some serious issues with theory. Although the modified definition is clean Halpern’s and, given the presuppositions of actual causality theories, unambiguous, and captures the intuition on some difficult cases, it fails as a general tool to determine actual causality. Normality, as a qualitative consideration, seems at first to help, and Halpern is able to create a
If the reader is lost in the tangle of normalities, our sympathies. We’ have now considered several examples, each with a distinct causal structure and applicable norms. The results often disagree. Here is our summary of the examples and their results for the several accounts of normality. We count a criterion as a success (marked with an O) for a case if its application unequivocally agrees with intuition, as defined within the example. Example Forest Fire Gardener Rock Throwing Switches Gang Execution Billy + Suzie Modified Definition O O O Causality Model Normality on Worlds O Graded Causation O O Probability of Sets of Contexts O O # Changes in Normality O 14. Conclusion There are some serious issues with Halpern’s theory. Although the modified definition is clean and, given the presuppositions of actual causality theories, unambiguous, and captures the intuition on some difficult cases, it fails as a general tool to determine actual causality. Normality, as a qualitative consideration, seems at first to help, and Halpern is able to create a
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