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work_s2xvdnw6kvevhneihepkj7twom	Julian Reiss	Counterfactuals, Thought Experiments, and Singular Causal Analysis in History	2009	12	.pdf	application/pdf	5000	275	63	Possibility and Adequate Causation in Historical Explanation," Max Weber introduced the basic procedure for singular causal analysis as follows Hanson (2006) argues that the Greek victory against the Persians at Salamis in 480 BC was just such an event. Moreover, Hitler knew that with any of the three as prime minister, Britain would assume a very different stance against Germany. Examining the first counterfactual about Kennedy's resolve prior to the crisis, Lebow and Stein argue Lewis's scheme, a counterfactual antecedent is implemented by a "miracle": by a minimal incision that breaks all causal laws that have the When implementing a counterfactual antecedent, the historian thus asks what conditions would have to be present in order for the antecedent to follow For the historian, a counterfactual antecedent is assertable only if causal In Lewis's case, the antecedent is implemented by (a) breaking the laws that have the putative cause event as an	./cache/work_s2xvdnw6kvevhneihepkj7twom.pdf	./txt/work_s2xvdnw6kvevhneihepkj7twom.txt