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Counterfactual and Prefactual Conditionals
(Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 2004)
We consider reasoning about prefactual possibilities
in the future, for example, “if I were to win the lottery
next year I would buy a yacht” and counterfactual possibilities,
for example, “if I had won the lottery last ...
Counterfactual promises and threats
(Cognitive Science Society, 2004)
We examine counterfactual conditionals about promises, such as ‘if you had tidied your room then I would have given you
ice-cream’ and threats such as ‘if you had hit your sister then I would have grounded you’. Reasoners ...