Counterfactuals and probability

Counterfactuals and probability / Moritz Schulz.

This volume explores counterfactual thought and language. We can typically evaluate counterfactual questions probabilistically, predicting what would be likely or unlikely to happen. Schulz describes these probabilistic ways of evaluating counterfactual questions and turns the data into a novel acco...

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Main Author: Schulz, Moritz (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Counterfactuals (Logic)
Probabilities.
probability.
PHILOSOPHY > Logic.
Probabilities
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Summary:This volume explores counterfactual thought and language. We can typically evaluate counterfactual questions probabilistically, predicting what would be likely or unlikely to happen. Schulz describes these probabilistic ways of evaluating counterfactual questions and turns the data into a novel account of the workings of counterfactual thought.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191089060
0191089060
9780191831713
0191831719

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