15875 | In counterfactuals we keep substances constant, and imagine new situations for them [Harré] |
4781 | Many counterfactual truths do not imply causation ('if yesterday wasn't Monday, it isn't Tuesday') [Kim, by Psillos] |
4795 | Lewis's account of counterfactuals is fine if we know what a law of nature is, but it won't explain the latter [Cohen,LJ on Lewis] |
4398 | An event causes another just if the second event would not have happened without the first [Lewis, by Psillos] |
3977 | Laws are true generalisations which support counterfactuals and are confirmed by instances [Fodor] |
4208 | 'If he wasn't born he wouldn't have died' doesn't mean birth causes death, so causation isn't counterfactual [Lowe] |
4788 | Dowe commends the Conserved Quantity theory as it avoids mention of counterfactuals [Dowe, by Psillos] |
4780 | In some counterfactuals, the counterfactual event happens later than its consequent [Psillos] |
4791 | Counterfactual theories say causes make a difference - if c hadn't occurred, then e wouldn't occur [Psillos] |
9489 | Essentialism can't use conditionals to explain regularities, because of possible interventions [Bird] |