Honors Program
Midway Honors
Date of Award
5-2012
Thesis Professor(s)
Michael Allen
Thesis Professor Department
Philosophy and Humanities
Thesis Reader(s)
Allen Coates, Henry Antkiewicz
Abstract
This paper will argue for the use of history in prediction making, specifically in counterfactual predictions. A theory of constraints will be proposed to confidently choose between more or less plausible counterfactual predictions.
Document Type
Honors Thesis - Open Access
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Clark, Thomas W., "Historically Informed Prediction That Will Not Lead to Historicism: A Theory of Counterfactual Counstruction." (2012). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 35. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/35
Copyright
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