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In the fallacy of Hypothesis Contrary to Fact, the conclusion is a hypothetical statement, while the premiss is a statement of fact. We are inferring a connection between an antecendent and a consequent from the fact stated in the premiss.
Counterfactual conditionals (also contrafactual, subjunctive or X-marked) are conditional sentences which discuss what would have been true under different circumstances, e.g. "If Peter believed in ghosts, he would be afraid to be here."
19 lip 2019 · A counterfactual fallacy occurs when someone states a fact, states that something would be true if the stated fact were not true, and provides no evidence for this position. The fallacy is a causation fallacy and an informal fallacy.
1 sty 2023 · The term “counterfactual” was coined by philosopher Nelson Goodman to capture Roderick Chisholm’s more convoluted locution “contrary-to-fact” (Chisholm 1946). “Counterfactual” was initially used in reference to conditional statements with false antecedents such as “If kangaroos had no tails, they would topple over” (Lewis 1973 ).
Counterfactual thinking is a concept in psychology that involves the human tendency to create possible alternatives to life events that have already occurred; something that is contrary to what actually happened.
18 sty 2019 · Modal discourse concerns alternative ways things can be, e.g., what might be true, what isn’t true but could have been, what should be done. This entry focuses on counterfactual modality which concerns what is not, but could or would have been.
