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Noûs, 2015 AbstractI offer a novel solution to the problem of counterfactual skepticism: the worry that all contingent counterfactuals without explicit probabilities in the consequent are false. I argue that a specific kind of contextualist semantics and pragmatics for would‐ and might‐counterfactuals can block both central routes to counterfactual skepticism ...
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Inference on Counterfactual Distributions [PDF]
, 2012 Counterfactual distributions are important ingredients for policy analysis and decomposition analysis in empirical economics. In this article we develop modeling and inference tools for counterfactual distributions based on regression methods.
Chernozhukov, Victor +2 more
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Counterfactual Reasoning, Realism and Quantum Mechanics: Much Ado About Nothing? [PDF]
, 2017 I purport to show why old and new claims on the role of counterfactual reasoning for the EPR argument and the Bell theorem are unjustified: once the logical relation between locality and counterfactual reasoning is clarified, the use of the latter does ...
Laudisa, Federico
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Mind, 2019 Abstract Mathematics appears to play a genuine explanatory role in science. But how do mathematical explanations work? Recently, a counterfactual approach to mathematical explanation has been suggested. I argue that such a view fails to differentiate the explanatory uses of mathematics within science from the non-explanatory uses.
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 Most blended climate smart agriculture (CSA) technologies focusing on seed-fertilizer combinations have either been marginally adopted or dis-adopted by smallholder farmers due to the nature of design and implementation.
Joseph P. Musara +3 more
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The road not taken: neural correlates of decision making in orbitofrontal cortex
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2012 Empirical research links human Orbitofrontal Cortex (OFC) to the evaluation of outcomes during decision-making and the representation of alternative (better) outcomes after failures.
Adam P. Steiner, A. David eRedish
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How COVID-19 Has Changed Crowdfunding: Evidence From GoFundMe
Frontiers in Computer Science, 2022 While the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have yet to be determined, its immediate impact on crowdfunding is nonetheless significant. This study adopts a computational approach to better understanding this consequence.
Junda Wang, Jiebo Luo, Xupin Zhang
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Feeling Happier When Paying More: Dysfunctional Counterfactual Thinking in Consumer Affect [PDF]
, 2010 In this research the authors examine whether counterfactual thinking, the process of imagining alternatives to reality, can have a detrimental impact on consumers’ feelings.
Vargas, Patrick, Yoon, Sukki
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Quantum Counterfactuals and Locality
, 2011 Stapp's counterfactual argument for quantum nonlocality based upon a Hardy entangled state is shown to be flawed. While he has correctly analyzed a particular framework using the method of consistent histories, there are alternative frameworks which do ...
H. Stapp +12 more
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How Strong Is a Counterfactual? [PDF]
, 2021 The literature on counterfactuals is dominated by strict accounts and variably strict accounts. Counterexamples to the principle of Antecedent Strengthening were thought to be fatal to SA; but it has been shown that by adding dynamic resources to the ...
Boylan, David, Schultheis, Ginger
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