Morgenbesser's Coin and Counterfactuals with True Components |
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Authors: | Lee Walters |
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Institution: | Department of Philosophy, University College London, Gower Street, London WCIE 6BT, UK. |
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Abstract: | Is A ∧ C sufficient for the truth of 'If A were the case, C would be the case'? Jonathan Bennett thinks not and produces a putative counterexample. But I argue that anyone who accepts the case of Morgenbesser's coin, as Bennett does, should reject Bennett's counterexample. Moreover, I show that the principle underlying Bennett's counterexample is unmotivated and indeed false. More generally, I argue that Morgenbesser's coin commits us to the sufficiency of A ∧ C for the truth of the corresponding counterfactual. |
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