Critical Notice

FINE, K. (1975). Critical Notice: Counterfactuals by David Lewis. Mind, 84(335), 451-458.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1975

Volume

84

Issue

335

Pages

451-458

DOI

10.1093/mind/lxxxiv.1.451

DOI registrant

Oxford University Press

Link

https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/LXXXIV.1.451

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philosophy

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• Counterfactuals
  • T3: Nearest-World Identification — What Makes Worlds Similar? Lewis's similarity metric is intuitive but contested (Fine 1975).

    This sourceThe 'future similarity' objection (the Nixon-button case): Lewis's overall-similarity metric wrongly favors a world where nuclear mechanisms spontaneously fail. Verified support for the contested-similarity-metric claim.

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