She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics and Innovation (Jan 2023)

Simplifying Causality: A Brief Review of Philosophical Views and Definitions with Examples from Economics, Education, Engineering, Medicine, Policy, and Physics

  • M.Z. Naser

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 4
pp. 437 – 457

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This short paper compiles the main concepts behind some philosophical views, definitions, and examples of causality. This collection spans the realms of the four commonly adopted approaches to causality: Hume’s regularity, counterfactual, manipulation, and mechanisms. This short review is motivated by presenting simplified views and definitions and then supplements them with examples from various fields, including economics, education, medicine, politics, physics, and engineering. I hope this short review is helpful to new and interested readers with little knowledge of causality and causal inference.

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