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SUMMARY:Knowledge of counterfactuals - Tim Williamson (University of Oxfor
 d)
DTSTART:20070601T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The talk will begin with some brief comments on the cognitive 
 value to us of thinking in terms of counterfactual conditionals\, includin
 g their use in inference to the best explanation. Accounts of their episte
 mology in terms of reasoning and simulation will then be considered. Final
 ly\, a moral will be drawn for the distinction between a priori and a post
 eriori knowledge.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, History and Philosophy of Science\, Department o
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