Associations to the word «Counterfactual»
Noun
- Philosopher
- Dealing
- Basis
- Distribution
- Affect
- Model
- Reduction
- Comparison
- Arrow
- Perspective
- Bibliography
- Creature
- Relation
- Consequence
- Belief
- Fact
- Thought
- Factor
- Attempt
- Emotion
- Frame
- Philosophy
- Operator
- Effect
- Case
- Term
- Future
- Value
- Answer
- God
- Or
- Disease
- Decision
- Behavior
- Cause
- Pattern
- Circumstance
- Bell
- Object
- Form
- Research
- Politics
- Sense
- Treatment
- Ability
- Evidence
- Result
- Use
Adjective
Wiktionary
COUNTERFACTUAL, adjective. Contrary to the facts; untrue.
COUNTERFACTUAL, noun. A claim, hypothesis, or other belief that is contrary to the facts.
COUNTERFACTUAL, noun. (philosophy) A conditional statement in which the conditional clause is false, as "If I had arrived on time . . .".
Dictionary definition
COUNTERFACTUAL, adjective. Going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis).
Wise words
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.