Counterpossible Reasoning in Physics.
This article explores three ways in which physics may involve counterpossible reasoning. The first way arises when evaluating false theories: to say what the world would be like if the theory were true, we need to evaluate counterfactuals with physically impossible antecedents. The second way relate...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 88; no. 5; pp. 1113 - 1125 |
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Cambridge University Press
Dec2021
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