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DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Series\n\n'On the Plurality of Counterfactuals'\n\nT
 revor Teitel (University of Toronto)\n\nFriday\, April 5\, 2024\n	3:30-5:30
  PM\n	Leacock 927\n\nAbstract: Counterfactuals are context-sensitive. Howev
 er\, in this talk I will argue that various debates and doctrines in metap
 hysics and the philosophy of science are premised on ignoring the full ext
 ent of counterfactual context-sensitivity. My focus will be on the promine
 nt “miracle” versus 'no-miracle' debate about counterfactuals under the as
 sumption that our laws of nature are deterministic. I will also discuss do
 ctrines that explain what it is to be a law of nature in terms of certain 
 counterfactuals\, as well as doctrines that explain counterfactuals in ter
 ms of the probabilities generated from statistical mechanics. I will concl
 ude by drawing a moral of my discussion about the use of counterfactuals i
 n philosophical theorizing more generally. (This talk is based on joint wo
 rk with Ben Holguín.)\n\n \n
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LOCATION:Room 927\, Leacock Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2T7\, 855 r
 ue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Trevor Teitel (University of Toronto)\, 'On the Plurality of Counte
 rfactuals'
URL:/philosophy/channels/event/trevor-teitel-universit
 y-toronto-plurality-counterfactuals-354048
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