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Philosophy of science

the view that causal and explanatory claims concern how one variable would change under an intervention on another.

In philosophy of science, interventionist theory of causation refers to the view that causal and explanatory claims concern how one variable would change under an intervention on another. This meaning comes from Woodward (2003) in Noûs.[1]

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Woodward, J., & Hitchcock, C. (2003). Explanatory Generalizations, Part I: A Counterfactual Account. Noûs, 37(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0068.00426

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