Counterpossibles

DOI10.1007/s11245-016-9424-xzbMath1398.03050OpenAlexW4236310781MaRDI QIDQ1992014

Timothy Williamson

Publication date: 2 November 2018

Published in: Topoi (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-016-9424-x

zbMATH Keywords

counterfactualsheuristicsconditionalsimpossible worldsreductio ad absurdumcounterpossiblesvacuous truth

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Modal logic (including the logic of norms) (03B45) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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