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Counterfactual reasoning is about looking at choices you could have made, but didn't.

Counterfactuals are similar to hypotheticals (but tend to focus on choices you could have made, rather than situations you could have been in). 

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57Four factors that moderate the intensity of emotions
Ruby
5y
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53My Current Take on Counterfactuals
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abramdemski
3y
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30The Many Faces of Infra-Beliefs
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Diffractor
3y
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29Agency and the unreliable autonomous car
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Alex Flint
2y
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22QACI: question-answer counterfactual intervals
Tamsin Leake
1y
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20Some thoughts on "The Nature of Counterfactuals"
tailcalled
2y
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19Results: Circular Dependency of Counterfactuals Prize
Chris_Leong
2y
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17Counterfactuals are Confusing because of an Ontological Shift
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Chris_Leong
1y
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15The Nature of Counterfactuals
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Chris_Leong
3y
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12Causality and determinism in social science - An investigation using Pearl's causal ladder
tailcalled
2y
10
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10Counterfactual Contracts
harsimony
2y
4
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9Applying the Counterfactual Prisoner's Dilemma to Logical Uncertainty
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Chris_Leong
3y
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8Decisions: Ontologically Shifting to Determinism
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Chris_Leong
1y
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7Getting Unstuck on Counterfactuals
Chris_Leong
1y
1
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4Circular Counterfactuals "Only that which Happens is Possible"
JohnBuridan
2y
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