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Session 05 (November 23): Counterfactuals and Thought Experiments - the ironic Twist
Thought experiments and counterfactuals stand very close to fiction and require strong imaginative skills on part of those who both write and use them. As such, they are a “distanced mode of thinking” that might come with an ironic twist.
Published onOct 10, 2022
Session 05 (November 23): Counterfactuals and Thought Experiments - the ironic Twist
For seminar materials, see the Globinar Cloud. Please note that access is restricted to registered participants only.
Pierre Bayard, Et si les Beatles n’étaient pas nés, Paris, Minuit, 2022.
Noël Carroll, «Chapter 19: Humour », in The Oxford Handbook on Aesthetics, Jerrold Levinson (ed.), Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2003.
Judith Jarvis Thomson, « A Defense of Abortion », Philosophy & Public Affairs, 1971, 1, 1, p.47-66.
Ned Lebow, Forbidden Fruit: Counterfactuals and International Relations, Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2010.
