Counterfactual Dependence and Time's Arrow
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23756242 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Lewis (0000-0002-0253-5530) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Pages | 32-66 |
| Publication date | 1987-06-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Philosophical Papers Volume II (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressNew York (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/0195036468.003.0002 |
| OpenAlex | W4237769367 |
| ISBN | 9780195036466 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 60 |
| References cited | 12 |
Upholds the asymmetry of counterfactual dependence, and proposes a semantic analysis of counterfactual conditionals that can account for it. It also considers the asymmetry of miracles and that of overdetermination, and answers the “future similarity” objection. The paper contains five postscripts, dealing with objections and further issues arising from the proposed account.
Arrow · Arrow of time · Asymmetry · Counterfactual conditional · Counterfactual thinking · Econometrics · Economics · Epistemology · Image (mathematics) · Mathematical economics · Overdetermination · Physics · Positive economics · Quantum mechanics · Similarity (geometry) · Artificial Intelligence · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
Modality and Explanatory Reasoning
Hypothetische Kausalität und Kontrafakten
Where Epistemic Safety Fails
Horizon
Lewis's Causation
Erők és diszpozíciók a kortárs metafizikában
Divine Knowledge and Human Freedom
Free Will is not a Mystery
Contributions of Neuroscience to the Free Will Debate
Quantum Physics, Consciousness, and Free Will
Intuitions about Free Will, Determinism, and Bypassing
Revisionist Accounts of Free Will
Compatibilism Without Frankfurt
Free Will, Fundamental Dualism, and the Centrality Of Illusion
Agent-Causal Theories of Freedom
Free Will and Science
Rethinking Free Will
Chaos, Indeterminism, and Free Will
Moral Sense and the Foundations of Responsibility
Alternatives for Libertarians
A Compatibilist Reply to the Consequence Argument
Frankfurt-Type Examples and SemiCompatibilism
Who's Still Afraid of Determinism? Rethinking Causes and Possibilities
Introduction
Rollbacks, Endorsements, and Indeterminism
The Consequence Argument Revisited
Contemporary Compatibilism
Obligation, Reason, and Frankfurt Examples
Free-Will Skepticism and Meaning in Life
The Causal Closure of Physics and Free Will
Freedom and action without causation
A Promising Argument
Effects, Determinism, Neither Compatibilism Nor Incompatibilism, Consciousness
Free Will and the Bounds of the Self
Frankfurt-Friendly Libertarianism
Impossible Worlds
The Oxford handbook of free will
What is the Problem about the Time‐Asymmetry of Thermodynamics?—A Reply to Price
Autoinfanticide Is No Biggie
Revising Carroll’s Mirror Argument
The structures and meanings of might-counterfactuals
From Dispositions to Possible Worlds
Non-metric Propositional Similarity
Counterfactual theories of causation and the problem of large causes
Are there everyday examples of simultaneous causation? Buddhist examples and arguments
Heim Sequences and Why Most Unqualified ‘Would’-Counterfactuals Are Not True
Counterfactuals and the Analysis of Necessity
From Nomic Humeanism to Normative Relativism 1
Counterfactuals, indeterminacy, and value
Causation, absences, and the Prince of Wales
Safety, sensitivity and differential support
Counterfactual reasoning within physical theories
The Future Similarity Objection Revisited
In defense of causal eliminativism
Relevance first
Nomic Dependence and Causation
Are There Genuine Physical Explanations of Mathematical Phenomena
A Probabilistic Analysis of Causation
Causal Decision Theory and the Fixity of the Past
The Open Future
| Unique citing works | 60 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,76 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2026 (35) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 54 |