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Counterfactuals and the Past Hypothesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Mathias Frisch
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Abstract

Albert (2000) provides a sketch of an entropy account of the causal and counterfactual asymmetries. This paper critically examines a proposal that may be thought to fill in some of the lacunae in Albert's account.

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Topics in Philosophy of Physics
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 72 , Issue 5: Proceedings of the 2004 Biennial Meeting of The Philosophy of Science Association. Part I: Contributed Papers , December 2005 , pp. 739 - 750
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Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association

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