title: Response: Formalism or pluralism? A reply to commentaries on 'Causality and causal inference in epidemiology'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, Jonannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Broadbent
authors.affiliation: Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden, The Netherlands and Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vandenbroucke
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics and Centre for Global NCDs, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK and Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pearce
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004813:Epidemiology; D006801:Humans