Abstract
Invariance is one of several dimensions of causal relationships within the interventionist account. The more invariant a relationship between two variables, the more the relationship should be considered paradigmatically causal. In this paper, I propose two formal measures to estimate invariance, illustrated by a simple example. I then discuss the notion of invariance for causal relationships between non-nominal (i.e., ordinal and quantitative) variables, for which Information theory, and hence the formalism proposed here, is not well suited. Finally, I propose how invariance could be qualified for such variables.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 690 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-15 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Entropy |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2021 |
Bibliographical note
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- causal specificity
- causation
- information theory
- invariance