{"product_id":"counterfactuals-and-probability-9780198785958","title":"Counterfactuals and Probability","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Moritz Schulz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Epistemology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoritz Schulz explores counterfactual thought and language: what would have happened if things had gone a different way. Counterfactual questions may concern large scale derivations (what would have happened if Nixon had launched a nuclear attack) or small scale evaluations of minor derivations (what would have happened if I had decided to join a different profession). A common impression, which receives a thorough defence in the book, is that oftentimes we find it impossible to know what would have happened. However, this does not mean that we are completely at a loss: we are typically capable of evaluating counterfactual questions probabilistically: we can say what would have been likely or unlikely to happen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSchulz describes these probabilistic ways of evaluating counterfactual questions and turns the data into a novel account of the workings of counterfactual thought.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47890177294487,"sku":"9780198785958","price":10573.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780198785958.webp?v=1781179021","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/counterfactuals-and-probability-9780198785958","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}