| 释义 |
ˌcounterˈfactual, a. Philos.
[counter- 10 a.]
Pertaining to, or expressing, what has not in fact happened, but might, could, or would, in different conditions; counterfactual conditional, a conditional statement of this sort, normally indicating its character by the use of the subjunctive mood in its protasis. So as n., a counterfactual conditional.
1946Mind LV. 289 Our problem here is to determine whether there is any other means of expressing this important counter-factual information. 1947N. Goodman in Jrnl. Philos. XLIV. 113 (heading) The problem of counter⁓factual conditionals. 1952Mind LXI. 222 The analysis of counterfactuals should parallel that of ‘fugitive propositions’. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Dec. 725/4 Counter-factuals constitute an irreducible form of statement. |