ABSTRACT
We define a formal semantics of conditionals based on normatively ideal worlds. Such worlds are described informally by Armgardt (Gabbay D, Magnani L, Park W, Pietarinen A-V (eds), Natural arguments: a tribute to John Woods, College Publications, London, pp 699-708, 2018) to address well-known problems of the counterfactual approach to causation. Drawing on Armgardt’s proposal, we use iterated conditionals in order to analyse causal relations in scenarios of multi-agent interaction. This results in a refined counterfactual approach to causal responsibility in legal contexts, which solves overdetermination problems in an intuitively accessible manner.
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Holger Andreas, Matthias Armgardt and Mario Gunther, Counterfactuals for causal responsibility in legal contexts, Artificial Intelligence and Law (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10506-021-09307-2. Published 24 January.
First posted 2022-01-25 08:00:37
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