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Morton on Causal Laws
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 June 2010
Abstract
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- Type
- Notes—Discussions
- Information
- Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , September 1974 , pp. 577 - 578
- Copyright
- Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 1974
References
1 Morton, Adam, “If I were a Dry Well-Made Match”, Dialogue, vol. xii, no. 2, pp. 322–324Google Scholar. Morton attributes the principle cited here to Goodman (Fact, Fiction, and Forecast), among others.
2 I follow Morton's use of ‘⊃’ “→’ and ‘◊’ as symbols for material implication, subjunctive implication, and causal possibility, respectively.
3 At least, it is not clear on what grounds Morton could reject the subjunctive conditional here, while holding on to the rather odd causal law derived by way of his principle.