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In this article I offer an approach to counterfactuals based on a notion of objective probability. It is in the spirit of, though it does not fall squarely under, the metalinguistic model. Thus, it is not developed in terms of possible worlds, or notions parasitic on them (e.g., similarity). Its dominant features are rooted in objective probability and causal relevance (analyzed probabilistically), and thus it is not close in spirit to a maximal similarity or a minimal change approach.

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    Igal Kvart

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Kvart, I. Counterfactuals. Erkenntnis 36, 139–179 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00217472

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