Statistical modelling and causality in the social sciences
(2006) , 19 pages
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Ghins, Michel 
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- Philosophers and statisticians have been debating on causality for a long time. However, these discussions have been led quite independently from each other. An objective of this paper is to pursue a fruitful dialogue between philosophy and statistics. As is well known, at the beginning of the 20th century, some philosophers and statisticians dismissed the concept of causality altogether. It will suffice to mention Bertrand Russell (1913) and Karl Pearson (1911). Almost a hundred years later, causality still represents a central topic both in philosophy and statistics.
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Russo, F., Mouchart, M., Ghins, M., & Wunsch, G. (2006). Statistical modelling and causality in the social sciences (STAT Discussion Papers 0601). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/163826