Three types of Counterfactual History
The paper starts out by presenting the approach to the history of science based on causal models, discussing the postulation of counterfactual histories of science. Three different types of counterfactual analyses may be done in the historical sciences, all of which have the benefit of hindsight. Ec...
Main Author: | Osvaldo Pessoa Junior |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Spanish |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2015-12-01
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Series: | Intelligere |
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Online Access: | http://www.revistas.usp.br/revistaintelligere/article/view/108485 |
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