Counterfactuals and Causal Laws

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    • Pages: 66 to 80
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    • Creation date: 04-01-2011
    • Last update: 28-09-2015

    Abstract

    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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