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Lewis on ‘Might’ and ‘Would’ Counterfactual Conditionals
Canadian Journal of Philosophy 24 (3):413-418 (1994)
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Letting denote ‘would’ counterfactual conditionals like If I had looked in my pocket, I would have found a penny and letting denote ‘might’ counterfactual conditionals like If I had looked in my pocket, I might have found a penny,David Lewis’s thesis regarding the connection between these two types of conditionals is that.Author's Profile
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