Knowledge, counterfactuals, and determinism

被引:10
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作者
Goodman, Jeremy [1 ]
机构
[1] NYU, New York, NY 10003 USA
关键词
Knowledge; Counterfactuals; Determinism;
D O I
10.1007/s11098-014-0409-6
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
Deterministic physical theories are not beyond the reach of scientific discovery. From this fact I show that David Lewis was mistaken to think that small counterfactual perturbations from deterministic worlds involve violations of those world's laws.
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页码:2275 / 2278
页数:4
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