Tag: Counterfactuals
Why we cannot change the past
Presented at the “Free Will Physics and Metaphysics” conference. Rutgers University, May 12th,2022...
Causation
Causation is defined as a relation between facts: C causes E if and only if C and E are nomologically independent facts and C is a necessary part of a nomologically sufficient condition for E. The analysis is applied to problems of overdetermination, preemption, trumping, intransitivity, switching, and double prevention. Preventing and allowing are defined and distinguished from causing....
Why Time has a Direction
The direction of time is the direction of contingent counterfactual dependence and hence causation.
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The Temporal Asymmetry of Counterfactuals
Lewis's account of the temporal asymmetry of counterfactuals fails and is inconsistent with this own analysis of counterfactuals. A different account of counterfactuals explains the asymmetry. ...