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A countable Boolean algebra that is Reichenbach's common cause complete

Logic 2025-01-27 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The common cause completeness (CCC) is a philosophical principle that asserts that if we consider two positively correlated events then it evokes a common cause. The principle is due to H. Reichenbach and has been largely studied in Boolean algebras and elsewhere.The results published so far bring about a question whether there is a small (countable) Boolean algebra with CCC. In this note we construct such an example.

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@article{arxiv.2501.14567,
  title  = {A countable Boolean algebra that is Reichenbach's common cause complete},
  author = {Dominika Burešová},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.14567},
  year   = {2025}
}
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