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, 89-112
Publisher:
Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za filozofiju, Beograd
TY - 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 . .
