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Counterfactuals and Causal Laws

  • Pages : 66 à 80
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  • Date de création : 04-01-2011
  • Dernière mise à jour : 28-09-2015

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Anglais

The author offers substantially a new analysis of the role played by subjunctive conditionals in the context of causal laws. – I. General account of the meaning and use of counterfactuals; – II. Laws and ‘accidental’ generalizations; – III. Implausible and competing counterfactuals; – IV. Conclusion. M.-M. V.

 

Mots-clés :

Résumé :

Anglais

The author offers substantially a new analysis of the role played by subjunctive conditionals in the context of causal laws. – I. General account of the meaning and use of counterfactuals; – II. Laws and ‘accidental’ generalizations; – III. Implausible and competing counterfactuals; – IV. Conclusion. M.-M. V.

 
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