TY - JOUR
T1 - On the use and abuse of Hill’s viewpoints on causality
AU - Kleinberg, Samantha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Samantha Kleinberg.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Here, then, are nine different viewpoints from all of which we should study association before we cry causation. What I do not believe | and this has been suggested | is that we can usefully lay down some hard-and-fast rules of evidence that must be obeyed before we accept cause and effect. None of my nine viewpoints can bring indisputable evidence for or against the cause-and-effect hypothesis and none can be required as a sine qua non.
AB - Here, then, are nine different viewpoints from all of which we should study association before we cry causation. What I do not believe | and this has been suggested | is that we can usefully lay down some hard-and-fast rules of evidence that must be obeyed before we accept cause and effect. None of my nine viewpoints can bring indisputable evidence for or against the cause-and-effect hypothesis and none can be required as a sine qua non.
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U2 - 10.1353/obs.2020.0003
DO - 10.1353/obs.2020.0003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85130896566
VL - 6
SP - 17
EP - 19
JO - Observational Studies
JF - Observational Studies
IS - 2
ER -