Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5130392 | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A | 2017 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Narratives are about not only what actually happened, but also what might have. And narrative explanations make productive use of these unrealized possibilities. I discuss narrative explanation as a form of counterfactual, difference-making explanation, with a demanding qualification: the counterfactual conditions are historically or narratively (not merely logically or physically) possible. I consider these issues in connection with literary, historical and scientific narratives.
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John Beatty,