Contemporary debates in philosophy of science

Speaker: Luke Fenton-Glynn (University College London)

Title: Probabilistic Actual Causation

Abstract: Actual (token) causes – e.g. Suzy’s being exposed to asbestos – often bring about their effects – e.g. Suzy’s suffering mesothelioma – probabilistically. I use probabilistic causal models to tackle one of the thornier difficulties for traditional accounts of probabilistic actual causation: namely probabilistic preemption.