COUNTERFACTUALS IN HISTORIOGRAPHY

The article exposes (in brief) the theories of the counterfactuals in analytical philosophy (metalinguistic, ontological and suppositionist) and discusses the conditions of assertability of counterfactuals in historiography. The conviction of some historians that the counterfactuals are essentially...

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Main Author: Zenonas Norkus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 1998-01-01
Series:Problemos
Online Access:https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/4251