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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
David K Lewis |
ISBN: | 0631224955 9780631224952 0631224254 9780631224259 |
OCLC Number: | 44650915 |
Description: | viii, 156 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Contents: | 1. An Analysis of Counterfactuals. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2. Strict Conditionals. 1.3. Variably Strict Conditionals. 1.4. The Limit Assumption. 1.5. 'Might' Counterfactuals and Outer Modalities. 1.6. Impossible Antecedents. 1.7. True Antecedents. 1.8. Counterfactual Fallacies. 1.9. Potentialities -- 2. Reformulations. 2.1. Multiple Modalities. 2.2. Propositional Quantification. 2.3. Comparative Similarity. 2.4. Similarity Measures. 2.5. Comparative Possibility. 2.6. Cotenability. 2.7. Selection Functions. 2.8. The Selection Operator -- 3. Comparisons. 3.1. The Metalinguistic Theory: Implicit Premises. 3.2. The Metalinguistic Theory: Factual Premises. 3.3. The Metalinguistic Theory: Laws of Nature. |
Responsibility: | David Lewis. |
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"'Contrary-to-fact conditionals have provided logical analysts with fascinating puzzles. (This book) has a unitary theme presented clearly and attractively for the most part with only the unavoidable minimum of formal apparatus. The theme is pursued confidently and relentlessly without evasions or qualifications." Times Literary Supplement "This is an excellent book. It combines shrewd philosophical sense with a fine technical expertise. The statement of views is concise and forthright." Kit Fine, Mind "This essay is a virtuoso performance." British Journal for the Philosophy of Science "Beautifully and lucidly written and full of clever ideas. It contains very many philosophical insights and comparisons." J. J. C. Smart, Australasian Journal of Philosophy Read more...

