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A Common Sense Theory of Causation

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Modeling and Using Context (CONTEXT 2003)

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Causes are defined informally to be events which are both contextually necessary and contextually sufficient for their effects. A formal, logico-pragmatic, definition is then given and discussed.

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  1. Department of Computer Science Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS

    John Bell

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  1. INRIA Lorraine, 615, rue du Jardin Botanique, 54602, Villers les Nancy Cedex, France

    Patrick Blackburn

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, Chadwick Building, Peach Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZF, UK

    Chiara Ghidini

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of Maine, 5752 Neville Hall, Orono, ME, 04469-5752, USA

    Roy M. Turner

  4. Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Trento, 38050, Povo, Trento, Italy

    Fausto Giunchiglia

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Bell, J. (2003). A Common Sense Theory of Causation. In: Blackburn, P., Ghidini, C., Turner, R.M., Giunchiglia, F. (eds) Modeling and Using Context. CONTEXT 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2680. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44958-2_4

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