Historically Informed Prediction That Will Not Lead to Historicism: A Theory of Counterfactual Counstruction.

This paper will argue for the use of history in prediction making, specifically in counterfactual predictions. A theory of constraints will be proposed to confidently choose between more or less plausible counterfactual predictions.

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Main Author: Clark, Thomas W.
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Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2012
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spelling ndltd-ETSU-oai-dc.etsu.edu-honors-10392019-05-16T04:41:40Z Historically Informed Prediction That Will Not Lead to Historicism: A Theory of Counterfactual Counstruction. Clark, Thomas W. This paper will argue for the use of history in prediction making, specifically in counterfactual predictions. A theory of constraints will be proposed to confidently choose between more or less plausible counterfactual predictions. 2012-05-05T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/35 https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1039&context=honors Copyright by the authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Undergraduate Honors Theses Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University Arts and Humanities Philosophy
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Historically Informed Prediction That Will Not Lead to Historicism: A Theory of Counterfactual Counstruction.
description This paper will argue for the use of history in prediction making, specifically in counterfactual predictions. A theory of constraints will be proposed to confidently choose between more or less plausible counterfactual predictions.
author Clark, Thomas W.
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title Historically Informed Prediction That Will Not Lead to Historicism: A Theory of Counterfactual Counstruction.
title_short Historically Informed Prediction That Will Not Lead to Historicism: A Theory of Counterfactual Counstruction.
title_full Historically Informed Prediction That Will Not Lead to Historicism: A Theory of Counterfactual Counstruction.
title_fullStr Historically Informed Prediction That Will Not Lead to Historicism: A Theory of Counterfactual Counstruction.
title_full_unstemmed Historically Informed Prediction That Will Not Lead to Historicism: A Theory of Counterfactual Counstruction.
title_sort historically informed prediction that will not lead to historicism: a theory of counterfactual counstruction.
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