{"product_id":"counterfactuals-9780631224952","title":"Counterfactuals","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis title is David Lewis's presentation of and sustained argument for a particular view about propositions which express contrary-to-fact conditionals, including his infamous defence of realism about possible worlds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"'Contrary-to-fact conditionals have provided logical analysts with fascinating puzzles. (This book) has a unitary theme presented clearly and attractively for the most part with only the unavoidable minimum of formal apparatus. The theme is pursued confidently and relentlessly without evasions or qualifications.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This is an excellent book. It combines shrewd philosophical sense with a fine technical expertise. The statement of views is concise and forthright.\" \u003ci\u003eKit Fine, Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This essay is a virtuoso performance.\" \u003ci\u003eBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Beautifully and lucidly written and full of clever ideas. It contains very many philosophical insights and comparisons.\" \u003ci\u003eJ. J. C. Smart, Australasian Journal of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. An Analysis of Counterfactuals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrict Conditionals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVariably Strict Conditionals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Limit Assumption.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Might' Counterfactuals and Outer Modalities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImpossible Antecedents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrue Antecedents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCounterfactual Fallacies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePotentialities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Reformulations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMultiple Modalities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePropositional Quantifiers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Similarity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimilarity Measures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCotenability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelection Functions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Selection Operator.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Comparisons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Metalinguistic Theory: Implicit Premisis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Metalinguistic Theory: Factual Premises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Metalinguistic Theory: Laws of Nature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStalnaker's Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Foundations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePossible Worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimilarity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Analogies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConditional Obligation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'When Next' and 'When Last'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContextually Definite Descriptions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Logics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompleteness Results.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDecidability Results.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDerived Modal Logics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Related Writings by David Lewis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403443609943,"sku":"9780631224952","price":87.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631224952.jpg?v=1730483487","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/counterfactuals-9780631224952","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}