Counterfactuals, History and Fiction

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Abstract

"Kontrafaktische Annahmen, Geschichte und Fiktion". Counterfactuals help us recognize the contingent nature of many political outcomes, probe the causes and contingency of these outcomes and evaluate them by imagining other outcomes and their consequences. Most importantly, counterfactuals have the potential to make us aware of the extent to which our deepest held assumptions about how the world works are themselves the result of inferences drawn from contingent outcomes. This recognition can help us step outside of our world and view it from perspectives.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)57-73
Number of pages17
JournalHISTORICAL SOCIAL RESEARCH
Volume34
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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