Statements (26)
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Philosophical Concept
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Counterfactual_Conditionals
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| gptkbp:centralQuestion |
What makes a counterfactual conditional true or false?
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| gptkbp:characterizedBy |
Contrary-to-fact situations
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| gptkbp:contrastsWith |
Indicative Conditionals
Material Conditionals |
| gptkbp:debatedBy |
Logic Conferences
Philosophy Journals |
| gptkbp:example |
If it had rained, the picnic would have been canceled.
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| gptkbp:formedBy |
Possible Worlds Semantics
Lewis-Stalnaker Semantics |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Subjunctive Conditionals
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| gptkbp:importantFor |
A Theory of Conditionals (Robert Stalnaker, 1968)
Counterfactuals (David Lewis, 1973) |
| gptkbp:logicalForm |
If A were the case, then B would be the case.
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| gptkbp:notableContributor |
gptkb:David_Lewis
gptkb:Robert_Stalnaker |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
Indicative Conditionals
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| gptkbp:studiedIn |
gptkb:logic
gptkb:Philosophy_of_Science Philosophy of Language |
| gptkbp:usedIn |
gptkb:Metaphysics
Decision Theory Causal Reasoning |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Counterfactual_Reasoning
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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