{"product_id":"counterfactuals-and-probability","title":"Counterfactuals and Probability","description":"Moritz Schulz explores counterfactual thought and language: what would have happened if things had gone a different way. Counterfactual questions may concern large scale derivations (what would have happened if Nixon had launched a nuclear attack) or small scale evaluations of minor derivations (what would have happened if I had decided to join a different profession). A common impression, which receives a thorough defence in the book, is that oftentimes we find it impossible to know what would have happened. However, this does not mean that we are completely at a loss: we are typically capable of evaluating counterfactual questions probabilistically: we can say what would have been likely or unlikely to happen. \n\nSchulz describes these probabilistic ways of evaluating counterfactual questions and turns the data into a novel account of the workings of counterfactual thought.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54253355106648,"sku":"9780198785958","price":90.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780198785958.jpg?v=1753464643","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/counterfactuals-and-probability","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}