What is it about?
The paper defends the use of counterfactual reasoning in general and history in particular
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Why is it important?
It illustrates the connection between counterfactuals and contingency and shows why counterfactuals are needed to explore the possibility of making a difference.
Perspectives
It corrects some category mistakes about chance, contingency, fatalism, and teleology, as well as famous examples such as Cleopatra's nose.
Professor Yemima Y Ben-Menahem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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This page is a summary of: If Counterfactuals Were Excluded from Historical Reasoning . . ., Journal of the Philosophy of History, November 2016, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/18722636-12341342.
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