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Reuben E Stern

Reuben E Stern

Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy

Overview

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Philosophy · 2022 - Present Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

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Published October 29, 2022
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Recent Publications

Causal Direction in Causal Bayes Nets

Journal Article Philosophy of Science · January 1, 2025 Some authors maintain that we can use causal Bayes nets to infer whether X →Y or X ←Y by consulting a probability distribution defined over some exogenous source of variation for X or Y. We raise a problem for this approach. Specifically, we point out that ... Full text Cite

An impossibility theorem for Base Rate Tracking and Equalized Odds

Journal Article Analysis United Kingdom · October 1, 2024 There is a theorem that shows that it is impossible for an algorithm to jointly satisfy the statistical fairness criteria of Calibration and Equalized Odds non-trivially. But what about the recently advocated alternative to Calibration, Base Rate Tracking? ... Full text Cite

The Chances of Choices

Journal Article The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science · March 5, 2024 Full text Cite
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