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According to Wikipedia {{WikiEntry|key=Counterfactual conditional|qCode=1783264}} is a way to denote something could have been if some pre-conditions are assumed to be true. This idea was later developed extensively by [[wikipedia:Judea Pearl|Judea Pearl]] and influenced his work in [[wikipedia:Bayesian Belief Network|Bayesian Belief Network]]. This is also a way to utilize the property of [[symmetry-breaking]] in logic to perform logical inferences.
According to Wikipedia {{WikiEntry|key=Counterfactual conditional|qCode=1783264}} is a way to denote something could have been if some pre-conditions are assumed to be true. This idea was later developed extensively by [[wikipedia:Judea Pearl|Judea Pearl]]<ref>{{:Book/Causality}}</ref> and influenced his work in [[wikipedia:Bayesian Belief Network|Bayesian Belief Network]]. This is also a way to utilize the property of [[symmetry-breaking]] in logic to perform logical inferences.


==Related Pages==
==Related Pages==

Revision as of 03:28, 5 February 2022

According to Wikipedia Counterfactual conditional(Q1783264) is a way to denote something could have been if some pre-conditions are assumed to be true. This idea was later developed extensively by Judea Pearl[1] and influenced his work in Bayesian Belief Network. This is also a way to utilize the property of symmetry-breaking in logic to perform logical inferences.

Related Pages

  1. Pearl, Judea (Jun 4, 2011). Causality: Models Reasoning, and Inference. local page: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521773621.