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The induction of hidden causes: Causal mediation and violations of independent causal influence

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: In order to explain the apparent violation of a causal assumption, people often posit hidden causes.The assumption of independent causal influence states that the power of a cause to produce or prevent an effect is independent of other causes.Some preventers violate independent causal influence; we conducted an experiment to test whether people posit a hidden mediating cause to explain these preventers.The results indicated that participants are more likely to posit a hidden mediator when the preventer violates independent causal influence.

Source: eScholarship (California Digital Library)

Authors: Christopher Carroll, Patricia W. Cheng

Language: English

Topic: Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference

Subfield: Artificial Intelligence

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funder: Air Force Office of Scientific Research

OpenAlex ID: W129255954

FWCI: 1.016

Cites: 16

Cited by: 20

Related to: 10