| 单词 | counterfactual conditional |
| 释义 | > as lemmascounterfactual conditional 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > conditional or hypothetical conditional1532 connexive1587 hypothetical1588 connex1589 connexed1628 substitutive1656 future contingent1659 hypothetica1680 theoretic1789 conjunctivea1856 counterfactual1946 contrafactual1950 1946 Mind 55 289 Our problem here is to determine whether there is any other means of expressing this important counter-factual information. 1947 N. Goodman in Jrnl. Philos. XLIV. 113 (heading) The problem of counter~factual conditionals. 1952 Mind 61 222 The analysis of counterfactuals should parallel that of ‘fugitive propositions’. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Dec. 725/4 Counter-factuals constitute an irreducible form of statement. < as lemmas |
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