Counterfactuals.

Starr, W. (2019). Counterfactuals. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Type

Reference work

Intellectual base

Reference work

Year

2019

Link

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/counterfactuals/

Cited from

philosophy

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Primes

• Counterfactuals
  • The comprehensive Stanford Encyclopedia treatment

    This sourceComprehensive synthesis of counterfactual logic and semantics across formal and applied contexts; supports the abstract-reasoning diagnostics. Verified support.

Mechanisms

• Branch-Pruning Protocol
  • The guard is to apply the minimal-rewrite rule

    This sourceExplains counterfactual evaluation by considering antecedent worlds that differ minimally from the actual world.

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