Philosophical Papers, Volume II¶
Lewis, D. (1986). Philosophical Papers, Volume II. Oxford University Press.
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- Causality
This sourceCollects "Causation" and its six postscripts, defending an analysis of causation via chains of counterfactual dependence and treating preemption, overdetermination, and causation by omission.
- Minimal Modification Principle
- Counterfactuals are the reasoning pattern generally—if A had been true, C would follow—while Minimal Modification Principle focuses on the specific constraint that makes such reasoning principled and rigorous: the requirement to minimize modification of the actual world, a constraint Lewis (1986) emphasized as central to disciplined counterfactual reasoning across his philosophical papers.
This sourceCollected essays elaborating and defending closest-worlds analysis; explicitly addresses how disciplined counterfactual reasoning depends on the minimization-of-modification constraint rather than on any imaginative whim.
- Counterfactuals are the reasoning pattern generally—if A had been true, C would follow—while Minimal Modification Principle focuses on the specific constraint that makes such reasoning principled and rigorous: the requirement to minimize modification of the actual world, a constraint Lewis (1986) emphasized as central to disciplined counterfactual reasoning across his philosophical papers.
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