A Dialectical Discussion of Causation and Counterfactuals
A Dialectical Discussion of Causation and Counterfactuals The following discussion will ask the question of whether one can consistently hold a belief in an empiricist epistemology while subscribing to a counterfactual account of causation. The problem comes from the fact that counterfactuals are conditionals where the antecedent of it is a non-existent event, and is thus non-experienceable. It will be argued that it is possible […]