Causation
2 pieces tagged Causation.
The True Causal Effect
Philosophy of medicine helps medical scientists to clarify their thinking. A maladept phrase like 'the true causal effect' serves to show why we need it.
Causal Relevance (Philosophy of Diagnosis, Part 3)
This series of philosophical papers unpacks six philosophical issues in diagnostics and develops a pluralistic model of diagnosis. This paper analyses the role of causal relevance in diagnostics. Are diagnoses defined by their causal relevance to symptoms?