Begging to Differ with Similarity Accounts of Counterfactuals (A. Hajek)

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Alan Hajek

(Australian National University)

Begging to Differ with Similarity Accounts of Counterfactuals

Widespread agreement among philosophers on a given topic is rare. However, it is enjoyed by similarity accounts of counterfactuals. Roughly, they say that the counterfactual "if p were the case, q would be the case" is true if at the nearest pworlds, q is true. I disagree with such accounts, for many reasons.

Friday, March 27th, 2015

3:00pm

Carleton University

River Building

Room 3228

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