Counterfactual conditionals (also contrafactual, subjunctive or X-marked) are conditional sentences which discuss what would have been true under different...

dependent on some condition, possibly counterfactual. It may refer to a distinct verb form that expresses the conditional set of circumstances proper in the...

an imperative. Special tense morphology can be used to form a counterfactual conditional. Some linguists have argued that other superficially distinct...

Look up counterfactual in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Counterfactual is counterfactual conditional, a conditional containing an if-clause which is...

be true. Indicatives are typically defined in opposition to counterfactual conditionals, which have extra grammatical marking which allows them to discuss...

among conditionals is that between indicative and counterfactual conditionals, exemplified by the following English examples: Indicative conditional: If...

including: Indicative conditional Counterfactual conditional Biscuit conditional Conditional (computer programming), a conditional statement in a computer programming...

of Counterfactual Conditionals", The Journal of Philosophy, Vol.44, No.5, (27 February 1947), pp. 113–128; Brown, R, & Watling, J., "Counterfactual Conditionals"...

regularities (constant conjunctions of events), changes in conditional probabilities, counterfactual conditions, mechanisms underlying causal relations, and...

sufficient operator Corresponding conditional Counterfactual conditional Indicative conditional Strict conditional Hilbert 1918. Mendelson 2015. Van Heijenoort...

antecedent of the conditional, then the presupposition is blocked. Otherwise, it is allowed to project up to the entire conditional. Here is an example:...

Corresponding conditional Counterfactual conditional Dynamic semantics Import-Export Indicative conditional Logical consequence Material conditional Graham Priest...

natural language Counterfactual conditional, a conditional sentence indicating what would be the case if its antecedent were true "Conditional" (Laura Mvula...

the English would have written. The conditional perfect is used to refer to a hypothetical, usually counterfactual, event or circumstance placed in the...

Worlds (1986) and Counterfactuals (1973) are considered classics. His works on the logic and semantics of counterfactual conditionals are broadly used...

term "subjunctive conditional" is sometimes used instead of "counterfactual conditional". But the paradigmatic cases of counterfactual thinking involve...

underlie rational thought, including reasoning from counterfactual conditionals. More recently, counterfactual thinking has gained interest from a psychological...

(1959), A New Latin Syntax. Ancient Greek conditional clauses Conditional sentence Counterfactual conditional Kennedy (1962), p. 189; Gildersleeve & Lodge...

should not be confused with Robert K. Shope's 1978 "conditional fallacy", which deals with counterfactual examples that beg the question. In general, it cannot...

contrasted with counterfactuality: what might have occurred, but did not. A counterfactual conditional or subjunctive conditional is a conditional (or "if–then")...

In quantum mechanics, counterfactual definiteness (CFD) is the ability to speak "meaningfully" of the definiteness of the results of measurements that...

the main verb. It generally refers to a conditional ongoing situation in hypothetical (usually counterfactual) past time: I would have been sitting on...

avoid vacuous truths by using alternative conditionals (such as the case of the counterfactual conditional). Many programming environments have a mechanism...

Aphrodite had not quickly observed him" Latin conditional clauses Conditional sentence Counterfactual conditional Smyth. A Greek Grammar for Colleges. § 2698...

existence. These permanent possibilities could be analysed into counterfactual conditionals, such as "if I were to have y-type sensations, then I would also...

the counterfactual conditional 'if the agent had wanted to do otherwise, then he would have done otherwise' is true. Importantly, this counterfactual conditional...

not ordered the advance,... – Subject–auxiliary inversion of a counterfactual conditional clause When the condition is expressed using inversion, the conjunction...

temporarily assumed to be true, for example, in the case of counterfactual conditionals and counterfactual thinking (Byrne, 2005). People infer that a conclusion...

reasons, the rule of hypothetical syllogism does not hold for counterfactual conditionals. The hypothetical syllogism inference rule may be written in...

(2006). "Counterfactuals in science". Macmillan Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd Edition. Macmillan. Craig, Edward (1996). "Counterfactual conditionals". Routledge...