The paper introduces a counterfactual notion of cause in situation calculus that generalizes to achievement causes and is compared to prior definitions by Batusov-Soutchanski and Halpern-Pearl, noting issues with disjunctive goals.
Actual causation and the art of modeling
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We look more carefully at the modeling of causality using structural equations. It is clear that the structural equations can have a major impact on the conclusions we draw about causality. In particular, the choice of variables and their values can also have a significant impact on causality. These choices are, to some extent, subjective. We consider what counts as an appropriate choice. More generally, we consider what makes a model an appropriate model, especially if we want to take defaults into account, as was argued is necessary in recent work.
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A Counterfactual Cause in Situation Calculus
The paper introduces a counterfactual notion of cause in situation calculus that generalizes to achievement causes and is compared to prior definitions by Batusov-Soutchanski and Halpern-Pearl, noting issues with disjunctive goals.