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Are Most Counterfactuals False?

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Sep 11, 2023
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This videos outlines counterfactual skepticism, which proposes that most ordinary counterfactuals are false, defended most famously by Alan Hájek. I offer private tutoring in philosophy. For details please email me: [email protected] Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kanebaker91 Donate to my PayPal: https://paypal.me/kanebaker91 My Discord: https://discord.gg/RUjwFdDDtK 0:00 - Introduction 1:38 - Chance undermines "would" 12:03 - "Might" undermines "would" 15:07 - Underspecification of antecedents 19:58 - Disjunctive poisoning 24:10 - Quasi-miracles 29:57 - Contextualism 36:31 - Objections to contextualism

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