| 释义 |
contrafactual, a. Philos.|ˌkɒntrəˈfækt(j)uːəl|
[f. contra- + factual a.]
= counterfactual a.
1950W. V. Quine Methods of Logic (1952) i. iii. 14 The contrafactual conditional; e.g.: If Eisenhower had run, Truman would have lost. 1961A. C. Ewing in I. Ramsey Prospect for Metaphysics ii. 48 A contrafactual conditional. |