Backtracking Counterfactuals Revisited
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Khoo, Justin Donald
Date Issued
October 2016
Journal
Mind
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
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Khoo, Justin. “Backtracking Counterfactuals Revisited.” Mind 126, 503 (October 2016): 841–910 © 2016 Khoo
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
I discuss three observations about backtracking counterfactuals not predicted by existing theories, and then motivate a theory of counterfactuals that does predict them. On my theory, counterfactuals quantify over a suitably restricted set of historical possibilities from some contextually relevant past time. I motivate each feature of the theory relevant to predicting our three observations about backtracking counterfactuals. The paper concludes with replies to three potential objections.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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https://doi.org/10.1093/MIND/FZW005
