COUNTERFACTUALS AND CAUSES.
It is argued that an analysis of causation using counterfactual conditionals can be given. Causes and effects are considered to be propositional entities, and a semantics for counterfactuals employing possible worlds is presupposed. The analysis stems from an attempt to handle cases proving problema...
Main Author: | ROSS, GLENN JORGEN. |
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Language: | en |
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The University of Arizona.
1982
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187947 |
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