Phil, The best way to answer you may be to refer you to a nice overview of causation written by my colleague Richard Scheines:
http://www.hss.cmu.edu/philosophy/scheines/causation.pdf He is a member of Glymour's team. Most of their work deals with "type-causation" or "causation among variables" (diabetes, diet, taxes, public policy, lead exposure, IQ, etc.). It has also, however, been applied to inferring gene regulatory networks. The paper in the book "Causation and Explanation" was about what is called "actual causation" or "token causation". An example of the latter is "The Columbia accident was caused by a piece of insulating foam hitting the wing". I hope that helps. Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz (505) 995-8715 or (505) 670-9918 (cell) Santa Fe, NM 87505 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Henshaw Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 9:53 PM To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' Subject: Re: [FRIAM] MIT Press Frank, does it distinguish between physical processes, and all their complex hierarchies of multi-scale behavior, and the explanations for them we find easier to use? I'd certainly be interested in reading anyone with another developed point of view on that. Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 680 Ft. Washington Ave NY NY 10040 tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] explorations: www.synapse9.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Wimberly > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 3:43 PM > To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' > Subject: [FRIAM] MIT Press > > > Speaking of MIT Press, a book that I contributed to will be > available in a few months(?) > > http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11175 > > > Frank > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz (505) 995-8715 or (505) > 670-9918 (cell) Santa Fe, NM 87505 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original > Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Bill Eldridge > > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:09 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: [FRIAM] Spaces speak, are you listening? > > > A friend of mine's book should be out in December, > not directly related to this group but might be something > a number of you find interesting. > http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10947 ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
