Do you think box-arrow diagram is appropriate to visualize such causal mechanisms - critical realism stance?
Or is there any "better" visualization approach for this?
If all you are concerned about is a specific output caused by a specific input, then it's difficult to see what could be better than [input] —> [output] in representing that situation. And if regarded in the same spirit as a programming flowchart, a picture that reflects a variety of causal paths relative to various possible standing conditions, prior causal outputs, and/or feedback, can then be nuanced by incorporating subroutines.
Thank you Karl Pfeifer . It is very helpful. However, other to flowchart, do you have any suggestion to best visualize mechanisms?
Network models or directed graphs are often used.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/causation-metaphysics/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cause–effect_graph
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directed_graph
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