contrafactualadj.
/ˌkɒntrəˈfakt(j)uːəl/ Philosophy.
= counterfactual adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > conditional or hypothetical
conditional1532
connexive1587
hypothetical1588
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connexed1628
substitutive1656
future contingent1659
hypothetica1680
theoretic1789
conjunctivea1856
counterfactual1946
contrafactual1950
1950 W. V. Quine Methods of Logic (1952) i. iii. 14 The contrafactual conditional; e.g.: If Eisenhower had run, Truman would have lost.
1961 A. C. Ewing in I. Ramsey Prospect for Metaphysics ii. 48 A contrafactual conditional.
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