Counterfactuals

Counterfactuals
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 183
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ISBN-10 : 9781118696415
ISBN-13 : 1118696417
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Download or read book Counterfactuals written by David Lewis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Counterfactuals is David Lewis' forceful presentation of and sustained argument for a particular view about propositions which express contrary to fact conditionals, including his famous defense of realism about possible worlds.


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