Statistical Mechanics and the Asymmetry of Counterfactual Dependence

By A. Elga. Philosophia Scientiæ, 2001

141 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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In Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

1. P. Menzies
2. Ned Hall
3. Mathias Frisch
4. Helen Beebee

In Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

1. P. Menzies
2. Ned Hall
3. Mathias Frisch
4. Helen Beebee

Citations in the corpus

• Inconsistency, Asymmetry, and Non-Locality (2005, background): “For Elga’s counterfactual ‘‘If Gretta hadn’t cracked the egg, then at 8:05 there wouldn’t have been a cooked egg on the pan’’ (Elga 2001, S314) seems to come out false if one applies the statistical argument consistently.”
• Structural equations and causation (2007, background): “And there are others: see for example Elga (2001).”
• Counterfactual Theories of Causation (2001, background): “Lewis's account is not without its problems, however, for as Elga (2001) argues, Lewis's account of the truthmakers for counterfactuals in our world is flawed.”