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1. 1. Causal Facts

   Författare :Johannes Persson; Teoretisk filosofi; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; causation; trope; disposition; causal explanation; causal law; Philosophical logic; counterfactual conditional; causal mechanism; Teoretisk filosofi; logik;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis addresses the nature of causation. It is argued that causation exists and is as local as its causes and effects. As a consequence, the position advocated is contrary to the as yet prevailing view that no 'causal tie' between cause and effect exists. Moreover, it is suggested that this tie can be perceived. LÄS MER

3. 2. On Causal Attribution

   Författare :B. Ingemar B. Lindahl; Dugald Murdoch; Ingmar Pörn; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; causation; cause-condition distinction; causal selection; differentiating factor; inus condition; explanation; covering-law model; Mill’s methods; objectivity; pragmatics; responsibility; abnormalism; history; science; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation treats of the problem of attributing the occurrence of an individual event or state to a single cause — a problem commonly understood either as a question of distinguishing the cause from the mere conditions or as a matter of singling out, from several causes, one cause, as the cause. The main purpose of the study is to clarify some basic concepts, and some criteria of ascertainment of the cause, that may be discerned in the literature on causal attribution. LÄS MER

4. 3. Visualization of Causal Relations

   Författare :Niklas Elmqvist; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; information visualization; causality visualization; citation network visualization; causal relations;

   Sammanfattning : The notion of cause and effect is pervasive in human thinking and plays a significant role in our perception of time. Software systems, in particular parallel and distributed ones, are permeated by this causality, and the human mind is especially well-suited to detect instances of this concept. LÄS MER

5. 4. Causal inference and case-control studies with applications related to childhood diabetes

   Författare :Emma Persson; Ingeborg Waernbaum; Xavier de Luna; Gisela Dahlquist; Stijn Vansteelandt; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; covariate selection; design-weighted estimation; marginal effect; matching; register study; treatment effect; type 1 diabetes mellitus; Statistics; statistik;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis contributes to the research area of causal inference, where estimation of the effect of a treatment on an outcome of interest is the main objective. Some aspects of the estimation of average causal effects in observational studies in general, and case-control studies in particular, are explored. LÄS MER

7. 5. Help-Seeking and Causal Attributions for Helping

   Författare :Ingrid Olsson; Anders Biel; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Causal attributions; communication; consensus; directness; gender; help-seeking; household-management; indirect; prosocial-behavior; self-serving; sex-differences; spouses; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates help-seeking and effects of help-seeking on causal attributions for helping (i.e., what people believe caused help or lack of help). Additionally, it examines self-serving and other-serving attributions (i. LÄS MER