Counterlegal dependence and causation's arrows: causal models for backtrackers and counterlegals

DOI10.1007/S11229-016-1189-7MaRDI QIDQ1708960zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Tyrus Fisher

Publication date 27 March 2018

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-016-1189-7

zbMATH Keywords

conditionalscounterfactualscausal modelsbacktracking counterfactualscounterlegal conditionals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probability and inductive logic (03B48) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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