It’s not a valid argument against its truth, but it’s a valid argument against its relevance. A hypothetical is useless if its antecedent never obtains.
Smoking lesion problem?
Like I said, it’s an empirical question. For philosophers, that’s usually the end of the inquiry, though it’s very nice when someone goes out and does some experiments to figure out which way causality goes.
It’s not a valid argument against its truth, but it’s a valid argument against its relevance. A hypothetical is useless if its antecedent never obtains.
Like I said, it’s an empirical question. For philosophers, that’s usually the end of the inquiry, though it’s very nice when someone goes out and does some experiments to figure out which way causality goes.