ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses notions of “causal relationships” in the framework of functional models. The leading idea is to distinguish between values of variables that can be viewed as conditions of values of other variables and changes of values of variables that can be viewed as causes of changes of values of other variables. Since the definitions relate to functional models this approach is termed functional causality. It provides a formal framework within which further distinctions (in particular between comparative and dynamic conceptions) can be discussed.
