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Natural Laws and Contrary to Fact Conditionals
Analysis 10 (6):121 - 125 (1949)
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The author criticizes pear's use of the notion of material implication in his explanation of contrary-To-Fact conditionals. The author attempts to show that universal material implications "have no relevance to contrary-To-Fact conditionals." (staff)Links
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