01919nam 2200457 450 991016032780332120221221163749.097801918317130-19-183171-90-19-108906-00-19-878595-X(CKB)3710000001025604(MiAaPQ)EBC4789550(StDuBDS)EDZ0001639561(EXLCZ)99371000000102560420170203h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCounterfactuals and probability /Moritz SchulzFirst edition.Oxford :Oxford University Press,2017.1 online resource (247 pages)This edition previously issued in print: 2017.Print version : 9780198785958 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Problem of Evaluating Counterfactuals -- 3 Counterfactual Chance -- 4 A Puzzle About Counterfactuals -- 5 Restriction and Modification -- 6 Counterfactuals and Arbitrariness -- 7 Applications -- 8 Triviality -- 9 Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- IndexThis 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.English literatureEnglish literature.820.8Schulz Moritz1160600MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910160327803321Counterfactuals and probability2894968UNINA