Approximate and Situated Causality in Deep Learning

Causality is the most important topic in the history of western science, and since the beginning of the statistical paradigm, its meaning has been reconceptualized many times. Causality entered into the realm of multi-causal and statistical scenarios some centuries ago. Despite widespread critics, t...

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Author: Vallverdú, Jordi|||0000-0001-9975-7780
Format: article
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:240278
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/240278
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/philosophies5010002
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Causality
Deep learning
Machine learning
Counterfactual
Explainable AI
Blended cognition
Mechanisms
System
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Summary:Causality is the most important topic in the history of western science, and since the beginning of the statistical paradigm, its meaning has been reconceptualized many times. Causality entered into the realm of multi-causal and statistical scenarios some centuries ago. Despite widespread critics, today deep learning and machine learning advances are not weakening causality but are creating a new way of finding correlations between indirect factors. This process makes it possible for us to talk about approximate causality, as well as about a situated causality.