Reductionism is not the ultimate tool for causal inference
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Sometimes, when doing causal inference, people strongly wish to see a mechanism. For instance, for the claim that some trait is genetically heritable, they want to see the genes through which inheritance passes, and the mechanisms through which the genes act. That is, they want a reductionistic model, where the overall causal effect is broken down into mechanisms that are causally linked together.
Reductionism is not the ultimate tool for causal inference
Reductionism is not the ultimate tool for…
Reductionism is not the ultimate tool for causal inference
Sometimes, when doing causal inference, people strongly wish to see a mechanism. For instance, for the claim that some trait is genetically heritable, they want to see the genes through which inheritance passes, and the mechanisms through which the genes act. That is, they want a reductionistic model, where the overall causal effect is broken down into mechanisms that are causally linked together.