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Ordering semantics and premise semantics for counterfactuals

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  1. Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

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  2. Princeton University, Princeton, USA

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I thank Max Cresswell, Angelika Kratzer, and Robert Stainaker for valuable discussions. I thank Victoria University of Wellington and the New Zealand-United States Educational Foundation for research support.

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Lewis, D. Ordering semantics and premise semantics for counterfactuals. J Philos Logic 10, 217–234 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00248850

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