The problem of counterfactuals

Philosophy of Science 32 (3/4):310-323 (1965)
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The "problem of counterfactuals," as proposed by Goodman and Chisholm, cannot be solved. However, a similar program, pioneered by Hiż and Mrs. Milmed, but largely neglected, can be completed and promises a satisfactory analysis of subjunctive conditionals

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Introduction to Logic.Roland Hall - 1960 - Philosophical Quarterly 10 (40):287-288.
The Problem of Counterfactual Conditionals.J. C. C. McKinsey & Nelson Goodman - 1947 - Journal of Symbolic Logic 12 (4):139.
The Contrary-to-Fact Conditional.J. C. C. McKinsey & Roderick M. Chisholm - 1947 - Journal of Symbolic Logic 12 (4):138.
On the inferential sense of contrary-to-fact conditionals.Henry Hiz - 1951 - Journal of Philosophy 48 (19):586-587.

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