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SUMMARY:Talk Canceled
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 lk Canceled</a>\nby Talk Canceled as part of Online logic seminar\n\n\nAbs
 tract\nWhat does it mean that an event C ``actually caused'' event E?\nThe
  problem of defining actual causation goes beyond mere philosophical\nspec
 ulation.  For example\, in many legal arguments\, it is precisely what\nne
 eds to be established in order to determine responsibility.  (What exactly
 \nwas the actual cause of the car accident or the medical problem?)\nThe p
 hilosophy literature has been struggling with the problem\nof defining cau
 sality since the days of Hume\, in the 1700s.\nMany of the definitions hav
 e been couched in terms of counterfactuals.\n(C is a cause of E if\, had C
  not happened\, then E would not have happened.)\nIn 2001\, Judea Pearl an
 d I introduced a new definition of actual cause\,\nusing Pearl's notion of
  structural equations to model\ncounterfactuals.  The definition has been 
 revised twice since then\,\nextended to deal with notions like "responsibi
 lity" and "blame"\, and\napplied in databases and program verification.  I
  survey\nthe last 15 years of work here\, including joint work\nwith Judea
  Pearl\, Hana Chockler\, and Chris Hitchcock.  The talk will be\ncompletel
 y self-contained.\n
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