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Proceeding Paper

A Philosophical Analysis of Causality and Correlation—The Debate on Causality between Hume and Bayes †

by
Zhiku Feng
1 and
Jing Liu
2,*
1
School of Philosophy and Society, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
2
Lanzhou Tianjian Investment Consulting Co., Ltd., Lanzhou 730000, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
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Presented at Forum on Information Philosophy—The 6th International Conference of Philosophy of Information, IS4SI Summit 2023, Beijing, China, 14 August 2023.
Comput. Sci. Math. Forum 2023, 8(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/cmsf2023008013
Published: 10 August 2023
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of 2023 International Summit on the Study of Information)
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Abstract

In response to Hume’s challenge to causation, Kant and Bayes made two oriented responses, each addressing an aspect of Hume’s problem. Kant answered the question of cause and effect as an empirical possibility, which makes the certainty and necessity of causality ascribe to human reason itself. Bayes proposed the idea of replacing causality with correlation within the empirical possibility and gave a method for calculating the probability of correlation, finding a mathematical representation and reasoning for Hume’s notion of “probability”. The idea of correlation and the logic of probability are better adapted to deal with a world with uncertainty and are important in the deep learning of artificial intelligence.
Keywords: causality; correlation; Hume; Bayes; deep learning causality; correlation; Hume; Bayes; deep learning

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Feng, Z.; Liu, J. A Philosophical Analysis of Causality and Correlation—The Debate on Causality between Hume and Bayes. Comput. Sci. Math. Forum 2023, 8, 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/cmsf2023008013

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Feng Z, Liu J. A Philosophical Analysis of Causality and Correlation—The Debate on Causality between Hume and Bayes. Computer Sciences & Mathematics Forum. 2023; 8(1):13. https://doi.org/10.3390/cmsf2023008013

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Feng, Zhiku, and Jing Liu. 2023. "A Philosophical Analysis of Causality and Correlation—The Debate on Causality between Hume and Bayes" Computer Sciences & Mathematics Forum 8, no. 1: 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/cmsf2023008013

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Feng, Z., & Liu, J. (2023). A Philosophical Analysis of Causality and Correlation—The Debate on Causality between Hume and Bayes. Computer Sciences & Mathematics Forum, 8(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/cmsf2023008013

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