Causation books
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
David HumeThe classic statement that causal necessity is not observed in the events themselves, which set the agenda for later accounts.
The Cement of the Universe
J. L. MackieDevelops the INUS analysis, in which a cause is an insufficient but non-redundant part of an unnecessary but sufficient condition, and gives a book-length treatment of regularity-based views.
Making Things Happen
James WoodwardAnalyzes causation in terms of interventions, so that a causal claim says how an outcome would change under manipulation of its cause.
Causality
Judea PearlGives a formal framework using structural causal models and do-calculus, widely used in statistics and machine learning; second edition 2009.
Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World
Wesley C. SalmonProposes a process-based account in which causal processes transmit marks or information, and argues against purely statistical accounts of explanation.
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- The Tipping Point
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The child's conception of the worldJean Piaget1929 - Critique of Pure Reason
Critique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant1999 - Synchronicity
SynchronicityCarl Gustav Jung1973 - Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs
Experimental and Quasi-Experimental DesignsThomas D. Cook2001 - Mutual causality in Buddhism and general systems theory
Mutual causality in Buddhism and general systems theoryJoanna Macy1991 - Life is fairLife is fairBrian Hines2001
- Causal Inference for Statistics, Social, and Biomedical Scie
Causal Inference for Statistics, Social, and Biomedical SciencesGuido W. Imbens2015 - Across the Boundaries
Across the BoundariesDaniel Steel2006