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200 10$aCounterfactuals and probability /$fMoritz Schulz
205   $aFirst edition.
210  1$aOxford :$cOxford University Press,$d2017.
215   $a1 online resource (247 pages)
300   $aThis edition previously issued in print: 2017.
311 08$aPrint version : 9780198785958 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aPreface -- 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 -- Index
330 8 $aThis 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.
606   $aEnglish literature
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