Transition periods and miracles
Abstract
We argue that small miracles and transition periods, notions that play part in Lewis's standard resolution of vagueness of counterfactuals, lead his theory to errors, either by giving conditionals wrong truth values, or by going against other Lewis's views. In fact, we do not believe that Lewis needs these notions. We suggest a way how his theory could be reformulated without them, in a way that does not disturb other parts of his system. More precisely, we argue that the asymmetry of counterfactual dependence can be reduced to the asymmetry of overdetermination even if the relation of similarity is determined without notions of small miracles and transition periods.
Source:
Belgrade Philosophical Annual, 2015, 28, 89-112Publisher:
- Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za filozofiju, Beograd
Funding / projects:
- Logical-epistemological basis of metaphysics (RS-179067)
Institution/Community
Filozofija / PhilosophyTY - JOUR AU - Đorđević, Vladan AU - Ostojić, Jelena PY - 2015 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1968 AB - We argue that small miracles and transition periods, notions that play part in Lewis's standard resolution of vagueness of counterfactuals, lead his theory to errors, either by giving conditionals wrong truth values, or by going against other Lewis's views. In fact, we do not believe that Lewis needs these notions. We suggest a way how his theory could be reformulated without them, in a way that does not disturb other parts of his system. More precisely, we argue that the asymmetry of counterfactual dependence can be reduced to the asymmetry of overdetermination even if the relation of similarity is determined without notions of small miracles and transition periods. PB - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za filozofiju, Beograd T2 - Belgrade Philosophical Annual T1 - Transition periods and miracles EP - 112 IS - 28 SP - 89 DO - 10.5937/BPA1528089D ER -
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Đorđević, V.,& Ostojić, J.. (2015). Transition periods and miracles. in Belgrade Philosophical Annual Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za filozofiju, Beograd.(28), 89-112. https://doi.org/10.5937/BPA1528089D
Đorđević V, Ostojić J. Transition periods and miracles. in Belgrade Philosophical Annual. 2015;(28):89-112. doi:10.5937/BPA1528089D .
Đorđević, Vladan, Ostojić, Jelena, "Transition periods and miracles" in Belgrade Philosophical Annual, no. 28 (2015):89-112, https://doi.org/10.5937/BPA1528089D . .