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摘要
In this article I tackle the question of how the hierarchical order of mechanisms can be represented within a causal graph framework. I illustrate an answer to this question proposed by Casini, Illari, Russo, and Williamson and provide an example that their formalism does not support two important features of nested mechanisms: ((i)) a mechanism''s submechanisms are typically causally interacting with other parts of said mechanism, and ((ii)) intervening in some of a mechanism''s parts should have some influence on the phenomena the mechanism brings about. Finally, I sketch an alternative approach taking ((i)) and ((ii)) into account.
- 出版日期2014-1-1
