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Appendix 2 - Valid and Invalid Inference Rules for Counterfactuals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2019

Thomas Kroedel
Affiliation:
Universität Hamburg

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Mental Causation
A Counterfactual Theory
, pp. 207
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019
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Appendix 2 Valid and Invalid Inference Rules for Counterfactuals

ValidInvalid
ϕ χ, ϕ & χ ψ ⊨ ϕ ψϕ □→ χ, χ ψ ⊨ ϕ ψ
ϕ χ, □[χ ⊃ ψ] ⊨ ϕ ψ□[ϕ ⊃ χ], χ ψ ⊨ ϕ ψ
ϕ ψ, ϕ χ ⊨ ϕ & χ ψϕ ψ ⊨ ϕ & χ ψ
□[ϕ ≡ χ], χ ψ ⊨ ϕ ψ
ϕ χ, χ ϕ, χ ψ ⊨ ϕ ψ
χ  ϕ, χ & ϕ  ψ ⊨ χ  ψ
χ  ϕ, χ & ϕ  ψ ⊨ χ  ψ
□[ϕ ⊃ ψ] ⊨ ϕ ψ

(Further valid and invalid inference rules involving counterfactuals can be found in Lewis Reference Lewis1973b: 31–36 and Reference Lewis1973c.)

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