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If I were a Dry Well-Made Match
Dialogue 12 (2):322-324 (1973)
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I discuss Goodman's claim that when 'all As are Bs' is a law then the counterfactual 'if a were an A, it would be a B' is tue. I give counterexamples, and link the failure of the connection to the contrast between higher level and lower level lawsAuthor's Profile
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