Manipulability — Pearl vs Rubin (wonkish)

Created
Tue, 28/11/2023 - 05:23
Updated
Tue, 28/11/2023 - 05:23
Pearl asserts, while some RCM (Rubin Causal Models) theorists deny, that so-called “non-manipulable” variables can be causes (Pearl 2019; Holland 1986, 2008). Race and gender, which arguably cannot be experimentally manipulated, are key examples of such variables … My response is that although advocates of the frameworks adopt conflicting positions regarding certain variables, these positions […]