A causal theory of counterfactuals
Noûs 39 (4):632–657 (2005)
| Abstract | I develop an account of counterfactual conditionals using “causal models”, and argue that this account is preferable to the currently standard account in terms of “similarity of possible worlds” due to David Lewis and Robert Stalnaker. I diagnose the attraction of counterfactual theories of causation, and argue that it is illusory. | |||||||||
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