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Chance and Counterfactuals 1
Author(s) -
HAWTHORNE JOHN
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
philosophy and phenomenological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1933-1592
pISSN - 0031-8205
DOI - 10.1111/j.1933-1592.2005.tb00534.x
Subject(s) - counterfactual conditional , philosophy , analytic philosophy , epistemology , contemporary philosophy , counterfactual thinking
Suppose the world is chancy. The worry arises that most ordinary counterfactuals are false. This paper examines David Lewis' strategy for rescuing such counterfactuals, and argues that it is highly problematic.