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Concerning a probabilistic theory of causation adequate for the causal theory of time

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von Bretzel, P. Concerning a probabilistic theory of causation adequate for the causal theory of time. Synthese 35, 173–190 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485495

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Keywords

  • Probabilistic Theory
  • Causal Theory